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Epigram upon Dr Toe

com. Mr Flaxman

An Epigram upon Dr. Toe of Cambridge, who courted a lady who afterwards married her footman.

Twixt Doctor Toe & footman Joe,
A rivalship befell,
Which of the twain should be the swain
And bear away the belle.
The footman gain’d the lady’s heart,
And who can blame her — no man:
The whole prevail’d against its part
Twas footman versus toe-man.