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Blâmez un médecin, si, jaloux du plaisir,

Blâmez un médecin, si, jaloux du plaisir,

EnglishBlame a physician, if, eager for pleasure, He shows no exactitude in his duties;

Language
French
Date
19th century
Meter
alexandrines
Editorial status
Source-attested
Text
Source and English

Unit 1 · poem · alexandrines · 5 lines

French

Source text

  1. 1

    Blâmez un médecin, si, jaloux du plaisir,

  2. 2

    Il n'a pour ses devoirs aucune exactitude;

  3. 3

    Mais si, pour soulager tous ceux qu'il voit souffrir,

  4. 4

    Il fait de son état sa principale étude,

  5. 5

    Laissez-lui pour les arts un instant de loisir.

English text

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Blame a physician, if, eager for pleasure,

He shows no exactitude in his duties;

But if, to relieve all those he sees suffer,

He makes his profession his principal study,

Leave him for the arts a moment of leisure.