Dr. Fell
I still remember this epigram and always recite it as mumbling to myself:
"I do not like thee, Doctor Fell" Nursery rhyme Written 1680 Genre Traditional rhyme Songwriter(s) Tom Brown I do not like (or love) thee, Doctor Fell is an epigram, said to have been translated by satirical English poet Tom Brown in 1680.[1][2] Later it has been recorded as a nursery rhyme and a proverb.
Origin
The anecdote associated with the origin of the rhyme is that when Brown was a student at Christ Church, Oxford, he was caught doing mischief. The college dean, John Fell (1625–1686) had expelled Brown but offered to take him back if he passed a test. If Brown could make an extempore translation of the thirty-second epigram of Martial, his expulsion would be cancelled. The epigram in Latin is as follows:
a literal translation of which is "I do not like you, Sabidius, nor can I say why. This much I can say: I do not like you." Brown successfully met the challenge with his impromptu version, which soon became well known:
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell,
The reason why – I cannot tell;
But this I know, and know full well,
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell.[3]The story is that Dr. Fell stayed Brown's dismissal but the story is apocryphal. All that is known is that Brown left Oxford without a degree.
I had a lot of Dr. Fell before. But I found that they were NOT real Dr. Fell for me.
I have only Dr. Fell, who has been hurting children.
He's been depriving them of brightness, dreams and hopes from their eyes.
I do not like thee, DR. FELL!!
