The art of preserving health; a poem / [John Armstrong].

  • John Armstrong
Date:
1744
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The art of preserving health; a poem / [John Armstrong]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ How beft the fickle fabric to fupport u Of mortal man; in healthful body how 45 “ A healthful mind the longeft to maintain.” ’Tis hard, in fuch a ftrife of rules, to chufe The beft, and thofe of moft extenfive ufe 5 Harder in clear and animated fong Dry philofophic precepts to convey. 50 Yet with thy aid the fecret wilds I trace Of nature, and with daring fteps proceed Thro’ paths the mufes never trod before. Nor ftiould I wander doubtful of my way, Had I the lights of that fagacious mind 5 5 Which taught to check the peftilential fire, And quel the dreaded Python of the Nile. O Thou belov’d by all the graceful arts, Thou long the fav’rite of the healing powers, Indulge, O Mead ! a well-defign’d eflay, How-
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