Роберт Геррик

(Н-315) На Лича

Свою пилюлю хвалит хитрый Лич:
Мол, вмиг излечит даже паралич.
Больной отец его, чтя медицину,
Не пьёт пилюлю ту – не верит сыну.
Он знает, что, увы, неизлечим,
Врача признав наследником своим.


Robert Herrick
315. Upon Leech

Leech boasts, he has a Pill, that can alone,
With speed give sick men their salvation:
'Tis strange, his Father long time has been ill,
And credits Physic, yet not trusts his Pill:
And why? he knows he must of Cure despair,
Who makes the sly Physitian his Heir.