![[dr. bob]](/dr-bob-sm.gif)
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.orgShown: posts 1 to 3 of 3. This is the beginning of the thread.
Posted by Squiggles on May 6, 2007, at 11:49:12
Oliver Goldsmith, "An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog" (1766)
Good people all, of every sort,
Give ear unto my song;
And if you find it wondrous short,
It cannot hold you long.In Islington there was a man,
Of whom the world might say
That still a godly race he ran,
Whene'er he went to pray.A kind and gentle heart he had,
To comfort friends and foes;
The naked every day he clad,
When he put on his clothes.And in that town a dog was found,
As many dogs there be,
Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound,
And curs of low degree.This dog and man at first were friends;
But when a pique began,
The dog, to gain some private ends,
Went mad and bit the man.Around from all the neighbouring streets
The wondering neighbours ran,
And swore the dog had lost his wits,
To bite so good a man.The wound it seemed both sore and sad
To every Christian eye;
And while they swore the dog was mad,
They swore the man would die.But soon a wonder came to light,
That showed the rogues they lied:
The man recovered of the bite,
The dog it was that died.-------------
http://www.engl.virginia.edu/enec981/dictionary/24goldsmithD2.html:-)
Posted by gabbi-2 on May 7, 2007, at 14:37:24
In reply to ''An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog'', posted by Squiggles on May 6, 2007, at 11:49:12
Wow, it took a couple of readings (and okay, I had to click the link too) but that was a very educational post.
Thanks : )
Posted by Squiggles on May 7, 2007, at 15:29:21
In reply to Re: ''An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog'' » Squiggles, posted by gabbi-2 on May 7, 2007, at 14:37:24
> Wow, it took a couple of readings (and okay, I had to click the link too) but that was a very educational post.
>
> Thanks : )
I didn't get it at first either. Had Moliere or
Hobbes written it ( who are misanthropes ) I may
have understood it better.Mad Dogs and Englishmen :-)
This is the end of the thread.
Psycho-Babble Social | Extras | FAQ
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.org
Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.