[Sidenote: This month, tho'
not muggy,
Improves by the mug;
And people caught
_ale_-ing,
Repair to brown jug.]
[Illustration:
_Jack and gill._
]
[Illustration:
_Brougham Butterfly._
]
Throw Physic to the dogs! A pipe-cheroot—
Pilot—and life-preserver—_voilà tout_!
A little lecture now and then to boot—
A school or hospital to bustle thro'—
A few hard terms—on easy terms—to keep,
Then brown stout—bagatelle—half-slew'd and sleep:
The Hall's _not_ passed! but very oft _passed by_;
_Hospital_ visits Students fain _ward_ off;
With _patients_ they're _impatient_—and the eye
Glances from book to beer—anon they scoff
At subjects—Somervile—and sick-inspection,
Cut up the section—and abjure dissection!
A blessed School of Physic—half-and-half!
The Lushington of each young Doctors' Commons;
Medical Students—sons of gin and chaff—
Going to pot—for heavy—"reg'lar rum 'uns"—
Porter or spirits sitting down to swill,
And every smoking _Jack_ bless'd with his _gill_.