The art of preserving health; a poem. To which is prefixed a critical essay ... / by J. Aikin.

  • Armstrong, John, 1709-1779
Date:
1805
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Credit: The art of preserving health; a poem. To which is prefixed a critical essay ... / by J. Aikin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ¥°d be comcern’d in no litigious jar 140 Belov’d by all, not vainly popular. Whate’er assistance I had pow’r to bring, T’oblige my country, or to serve my king, ‘Whene’er they call’d I'd readily afford My tongue, my pen, my counsel, or my sword. 145 Law -suits 1d shun with as much studious care As 1 would dens where hungry lions are, And rather put up injuries than be A plague to him who’d be a plague to me. I value quiet at a price too great 150 To give for my revenge so dear a rate ; For what do we by all our bustle gain But counterfeit delight for real pain 3 If Heaven a date of many years would give, Thus I’d in pleasure, ease, and plenty live 5 15g And as I near approach’d the verge of life, Some kind relation (for I’d have no wite) Should take upon him all my worldly care, Whilst I did for a better state prepare: Then 1d not be with any troubles vex’d, 160 Nor have the ev’nings of my days perplex’d, But, by a silent and a peaceful death, Without a sigh resign my aged breath ;