Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-07-20
AN ATTEMPT AT THE SIMPLE.

Or your little dog will die"
Blu, poor little Pordpey grew very weak,
And exc looked wondrous faint,
"Oh! go for another doctor, lpray,
To remove this sad complaint"
So the doctor he came, and felt his pulse,
Fair lady. he's very i'll,
Some strength ming medicine he must have,
And he gave him mercury pill.
But poor little Pompey still grew weak,
And exc looked wondrous faint,
Ooh go for another doctor, pray,
To remove this sad complaint"
Sothe doctor he came ,andlook' d verygrave,
And he held up his cane to his nose,
"Some opening rhysic he must have,
His system to compose.
Then he gave him potion, and gave him
a lotion
Whilst he gave dismal cries,
And the little dog diedas deadas door nail,
And twisted his gooseberry eyes!
"Oh! wretched that my little dog,
Lately in health so well,
Should thus die suddenly by death!
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"His body shall be opened
To find the dreadful cause;
Pompey shall be buried with great pomp--
Aye bless his little paws"
Then the surgeon came, and he took out his
knife,
And made great hole in his side;
The blood trickled down, and It's dreadful
10 think
What terrible sight he espied!
For out OF his stomach tape-worm there
came
Full seventy yards or more, lgeon,
And he twisted about the throat Of the sur
And strangled him on the floor!
"Ah fool that was" the lady she cried,
"Ah silly foolish thing; Worms,
And sent for doctor Ching.
elf had sent fordoctor Ching,
might have blessed the day;
For he would have cured Pompey with his
patent Misunderstanding lozenges-
dare say.
dolly. deny me 10 all my friends,
My grief is increased; Twill watch,
Three nights and three days, without sleep,
BY the corps Of the deceased.
$50 carry the surgeon into the garden,
And bury him, since he's dead: lsPadee,
So the gardener made deep hole with his
And the surgeon was buried.
So the lady she locked herselfinto her room,
Former grief it was increased!
And three nights and three days, without
sleep, did she watch
BY the corps Of the deceased!
And when the fourth day ii came,
Dolly went TO her lady's door, led,
But found it was locked and then she knock
Full seventy times or more
But she did not attend to the seventy knocks
As she lay upon her bed,
Which is not much to be wondered at.
Poor lady she was dead!
Then Dolly forced the door with her fist,
And into the room she Went, hutter,
And she opened the shutter in very great
For she was ready to faint!
And ah and oh what sight she saw,
Dear me! twas very shocking
che lady was dead as she lay on her bed,
And had sti1ed herselfin her stocking.
'ompey lay stretched within her arms,
Reclined was her head,
His precious limbs were cold and stiff,
And the whites Of his eyes were red
When Dolly saw these doleful sights,
She felt a-shivor-ed,
nd went in fit as dead as stone,
And pitcb'd upon her head.
5ot Dolly did not complain at all;
Indeed she could not speak
One eye was hanging against the wall,
And tother hung on her cheek!
Well!--into one coffin the bodies were
placed,
And buried under the Holly;
This excellent epitaph graved on the grave,
1.-The Lady-her Dog-and Dolly"