by Louisa H. Sheridan.
Originally published in Bentley's Miscellany (Richard Bentley).
ON BEING ORDERED BY PHYSICIANS TO PASS THE ENSUING WINTER AT BORDEAUX OR MADEIRA, IN CONSEQUENCE OF A SEVERE COUGH.
"Ma'am, that is a very bad cough of yours.
Sir, I regret to say it is the very best I have.”
Do cease, hollow sound! you alarm e'en the merry,—
You banish all spirit away from "pale Sheri."
Strange! that Sheri, in order with colour to glow,
Must change to Madeira or else to Bordeaux.
But since a long voyage seems the only resort,
When at sea how the Sheri will long for the Poet!
Oct. 14th, 1838.