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Poem
November 27, 1808
Kentucky Gazette And General Advertiser
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
A humorous satirical poem depicting a grotesquely ugly doctor on a skinny horse who demands a peasant named Hodge set down his wheel-barrow of stones to avoid scaring the horse, only for Hodge to retort that the doctor is more likely to scare the barrow.
Clipping
OCR Quality
98%
Excellent
Full Text
"TO SOAR ALOFT ON FANCY'S WING."
THE WHEEL-BARROW.
WITH a big bottle nose, and an acre of chin,
His whole physiognomy frightful as sin;
With a huge frizzled wig and triangular hat,
And a snuff-besmeared handkerchief tied over that.
Doctor Boss, riding out on his fierce rosinante,
(In hair very rich, but of flesh very scanty,)
Was a little alarmed, through a zeal for his bones,
Seeing Hodge cross the road with a barrow of stones.
Hip! friend! roared the doctor, with no little force,
Prithee set down your barrow, 'twill frighten my horse!
Hodge as quickly replied as an Erskine or Garrow,
You're a d---d deal more likely to frighten my barrow.
THE WHEEL-BARROW.
WITH a big bottle nose, and an acre of chin,
His whole physiognomy frightful as sin;
With a huge frizzled wig and triangular hat,
And a snuff-besmeared handkerchief tied over that.
Doctor Boss, riding out on his fierce rosinante,
(In hair very rich, but of flesh very scanty,)
Was a little alarmed, through a zeal for his bones,
Seeing Hodge cross the road with a barrow of stones.
Hip! friend! roared the doctor, with no little force,
Prithee set down your barrow, 'twill frighten my horse!
Hodge as quickly replied as an Erskine or Garrow,
You're a d---d deal more likely to frighten my barrow.
What sub-type of article is it?
Satire
Epigram
What themes does it cover?
Satire Society
What keywords are associated?
Wheel Barrow
Doctor Boss
Hodge
Horse Fright
Satirical Encounter
Poem Details
Title
The Wheel Barrow.
Form / Style
Rhymed Couplets
Key Lines
Hip! Friend! Roared The Doctor, With No Little Force,
Prithee Set Down Your Barrow, 'Twill Frighten My Horse!
Hodge As Quickly Replied As An Erskine Or Garrow,
You're A D D Deal More Likely To Frighten My Barrow.