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IPECACUANHA by GEORGE CANNING

First Line: COUGHING IN A SHADY GROVE
Last Line: "MY DAMON, I AM SICK.'"
Subject(s): SICKNESS; ILLNESS;

Coughing in a shady grove
Sat my Juliana,
Lozenges I gave my love,
Ipecacuanha --
Full twenty from the lozenge box
The greedy nymph did pick;
Then, sighing sadly, said to me --
"My Damon, I am sick.'






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