The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-07-13
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THE COUNTRY DOCTOR.

THE COUNTRY DOCTOR.
From mc Ohjo. state Jou7iaL
The country doctor, Let the bard
Whose Tyre is tuned To idle praise
His locks unshorll, his face unmarried
BY sweat and CRIME, his hands uuscarrea
BY daily toil-in dulcet lays.
In empty word and hollow phrase
Recount the annals Of the great.
Let him record and celebrate
Their noble deeds; their pomp and state
Their wisiom-all, perletuate,
\ humber theme 10 you bring
The smell Of tiow'rs, the breath Of spring
The futter Of the bluebiri'S wing
And with il all bring to you
The country doctor, good and true.
The country doctor Him WHOSE life
From sun 10 sun is daily rife
With bootleSS toll and eeaSelcSs strife;
Whose sturdy frame is made to feel
The summers dame, the winters STEEL
come to sing in praise Of him.
His SOM is fat; his purse Is Slim
His eyesieht. keen; his foresight. dim
For caring uaught for pow or l-,it
While there's a crust upon the shelf
he work. for sun anil boards himself,
All We. who Traverse city streets
on sWayiug springs and cushioned SEATS
The difficulties that he meets
The bumps and jolts-ye little know.
Through seas OF mud. DER wssic> ui Sn"E.
Where icy ;empests howl and blow
in pouring rain. where torrents HnN
And sheen and shadow come sud co.
Astride the soFricsi 90 nagS
And armed with spur and s,idletaEs.
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And le it night or o. it day.
He never Glitcrs nor looks hack
tdawn the steep and ncrci tracE
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Eve said-"A CloI among The clt-is
-Twcra better-"Gcd among the E,.is
For sacrificing hours oT ease
And striving harl - do and please
Aud winning bat the dreEs and l,t.
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