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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    Farewel, etherial fields! the humbler arts 1 o Of life ; the table and the homely Gods, Demand my fong. Elyfian gales adieu! The blood, the fountain whence the fpirits flow, The generous ftream that waters every part. And motion, vigor, and warm life conveys 15 To every particle that moves or lives; This vital fluid, thro' unnumber’d tubes Pour’d by the heart, and to the heart again Refunded ; fcourg’d for ever round and round. Enrag’d with heat and toil, at laft forgets 20 Its balmy nature j virulent and thin It grows; and now, but that a thoufand gates Are open to its flight, it would deftroy The parts it cherifh’d and repair’d before. Befides, the flexible and tender tubes 2 5 Melt in the mildeft, rnoft ne£tareous tide That