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

  • John Armstrong
Date:
1744
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Credit: The art of preserving health; a poem / [John Armstrong]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    What ftrife is brew’d, and what pernicious bane, From combinations of innoxious things. 185 Th’ unbounded tafte I mean not to confine < 0 To hermit’s diet, needlefsly fevere. But would you long the fweets of health enjoy, Or husband pleafure; at one impious meal Exhaufl not half the bounties of the year, 190 And of each realm. It matters not mean while How much to morrow differ from to day 5 - So far indulge : ’tis fit, befides, that man, To change obnoxious, be to change inur’d. But flay the curious appetite, and tafte 195 With caution fruits you never tried before. For want of ufe the kindeft aliment Sometimes offends; while cuftom tames the rage Of poifon to mild amity with life. So