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UPON A PHYSITIAN by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: THOU CAM'ST TO CURE ME (DOCTOR) OF MY COLD
Last Line: FIRST CUR'D THY SELFE; THEN COME AND CURE ME.
Subject(s): PHYSICIANS; DOCTORS;

Thou cam'st to cure me (Doctor) of my cold,
And caught'st thy selfe the more by twenty fold:
Prethee goe home; and for thy credit be
First cur'd thy selfe; then come and cure me.



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