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Wouldst thou be damned at once and perish whole

DMI number:
21888
First Line:
Wouldst thou be damned at once and perish whole
Last Line:
Trust Blackmore with thy health and Milbourne with thy soul
Poem Genre / Form:
Epigram and Extract / snippet from longer work
Themes:
Medicine, Personal insults, and Religion
Related People
Author:
John Dryden
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Calif. VII (2000): 198. [paraphrase of ‘To my Honoured Kinsman, John Dryden’, ll.86-7: ‘Wouldst thou be soon dispatch’d and perish whole / Trust Maurus with thy Life, and M-lb-rn with thy soul.’]
Content/Publication
Title:
The agreeable companion [ESTC T97919, P6248]
Page No(s):
p.348
Poem Title:
On a Physician and Parson, who had both abus'd him.
Attribution:
By Mr. Dryden.
Attributed To:
John Dryden