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 of verses, which he accordingly subjoins, in honour of the fair M.D.]

Not always is the warrior male, Nor masculine the sailor; We all know Zaragossa's tale, We've all heard 'Billy Taylor;' But far a nobler heroine, she Who won the palm of knowledge, And took a Medical Degree, By study at her College.

They talk about the gentler sex Mankind in sickness tending, And o'er the patient's couch their necks Solicitously bending; But what avails solicitude In fever or in phthisic, If lovely woman's not imbued With one idea of physic?

Young ladies all, of every clime, Especially of Britain, Who wholly occupy your time In novels or in knitting, Whose highest skill is but to play, Sing, dance, or French to clack well. Reflect on the example, pray, Of excellent Miss Blackwell!

Think, if you had a brother ill, A husband, or a lover, And could prescribe the draught or pill Whereby he might recover; How much more useful this would be, Oh, sister, wife, or daughter! Than merely handing him beef-tea, Gruel, or toast-and-water.

Ye bachelors about to wed In youth's unthinking hey-day, Who look upon a furnish'd head As horrid for a lady,