THE paths of pain are thine. Go forth
With healing and with hope;
The suffering of a sin-sick earth
Shall give thee ample scope…
To a Young Physician
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My Uniformed Nurse
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A SWEETLY winsome face.
Ripe lips and merry eyes
Where tender pity lies…
Guneopathy
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I SAW a lady yesterday,
A regular M. D.,
Who ‘d taken from the Faculty
Her medical degree;
And I thought, if ever I was sick.
My doctor she should be…
The Remedy Worse Than The Disease
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I sent for Ratcliffe, was so ill,
That other doctors gave me over…
The Doctor’s Story
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Good folks ever will have their way—
Good folks ever for it must pay.
But we, who are here and everywhere,
The burden of their faults must bear…
The Blind Man
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The beauties of nature were once dear to me,
But they have all vanished as I cannot see;
Their beauty and form are all stamped in my mind,
But I cannot see them, because I am blind…
The New Doctor
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AH, Doctor, your hand! So! And now, as I hold
This palm that I value so truly,
Here ‘s a bill for your bill, though I warrant the gold
Cannot pay all my debt to you duly…
In Hospital
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The morning mists still haunt the stony street;
The northern summer air is shrill and cold;
And lo, the Hospital, grey, quiet, old…
Flatus
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It comes and goes
The wind it blows…
Dead
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A knock is at her door, but she is weak;
Strange dews have washed the paint streaks from her cheek;
She does not rise, but, ah, this friend is known,
And knows that he will find her all alone…