The Frog and the Fox

Let us our own defects amend,

Ere to guide others we pretend.

A sallow, wrinkl’d, spotted frog,

To turn physician left the bog.

“He every malady could cure,”

He said, “that animals endure.”

“First on yourself your science show,”

Says Reynard: “that the world may know

Your skill and knowledge, pray begin

Of those foul spots to clear your skin:

For while you look so sick and pale,

To vend your drugs you’ll ne’er prevail.”