Quote#Poetry
And, on the label of the stuff
Quote byGeorge Colman the Younger · 1762–1836
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Newcastle Apothecary", in My Night-gown and Slippers (1797).
English (original)
And, on the label of the stuff, He wrote this verse; Which one would think was clear enough, And terse:— When taken, To be well shaken.
— George Colman the Younger
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