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Poem
May 21, 1788
The New York Journal, And Daily Patriotic Register
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
Humorous dialogue poem 'Alphonso in Love' depicts a man consulting a doctor for heart symptoms, diagnosed as lovesickness, with a witty, dark twist suggesting a rope if the beloved is unfaithful.
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POET's CORNER.
ALPHONSO in Love
Advise your friend, grave man of art,
I feel a strange unusual smart,
'Tis here fierce symptoms at my heart.
Discover.
'Tis pleasure, pain, a mixt degree,
My pulse examine, here's your fee;
What think you can my sickness be.
A Lover
A lover! 'tis my case too sure
Oh! ease me straight, I'll not endure,
Prescribe, I'll follow close, the cure.
Take Hope.
But if he, spite of speech or pen,
Prove coy or false with other men,
Oh! Doctor, what expedient then.
A Rope
ALPHONSO in Love
Advise your friend, grave man of art,
I feel a strange unusual smart,
'Tis here fierce symptoms at my heart.
Discover.
'Tis pleasure, pain, a mixt degree,
My pulse examine, here's your fee;
What think you can my sickness be.
A Lover
A lover! 'tis my case too sure
Oh! ease me straight, I'll not endure,
Prescribe, I'll follow close, the cure.
Take Hope.
But if he, spite of speech or pen,
Prove coy or false with other men,
Oh! Doctor, what expedient then.
A Rope
What sub-type of article is it?
Epigram
Satire
What themes does it cover?
Love Courtship
What keywords are associated?
Alphonso
Love Sickness
Doctor Dialogue
Humorous Cure
Unrequited Love
Poem Details
Title
Alphonso In Love
Form / Style
Rhymed Couplets
Key Lines
A Lover! 'Tis My Case Too Sure
Oh! Doctor, What Expedient Then.
A Rope