Charles Churchill
Charles Churchill
doctors imagination evil
Most of those evils we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.
names paganism fame
Fame is nothing but an empty name.
voice cells justice
Within the brain's most secret cells, A certain lord chief justice dwells, Of sov'reign power, whom one and all, With common voice we reason call.
land size culture
England, a happy land we know, Where follies naturally grow, Where without culture they arise, And tow'r above the common size.
blow wind wave
Wherever waves can roll, and winds can blow.
empty readings stored various
With various readings stored his empty skull, / Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull.