Nothing like Grog
Anon
Genre: | Poetry, Drollery |
Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment |
Lamenting the Royal Navy's abolition of grog, the subject of the poem, Jack, is 'blister'd and bled', fed 'washy slops', and treated with physic', but complains that drinking physic is 'nothing like grog'. | |
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