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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    I burn to view th’ enthufiaftic wilds 335 By mortal elfe untrod. I hear the din Of waters thundering; o’er the ruin’d cliffs. With holy rev’rence I approach the rocks Whence glide the ftreams renown’d in ancient Here from the defart down the rumbling fteep 360 Firft fprings the Nile; here burfts the found¬ ing Po In angry waves; Euphrates hence devolves A mighty flood to water half the Eaft ; And there, in Gothic folitude reclin’d, The chearlefs Tanais pours his hoary urn. 365 What folemn twilight! What ftupendous fhades Enwarp thefe infant floods ! Thro’ every nerve A facred horror thrills, a pleafing fear Glides o’er my frame. The foreft deepens round; And more gigantic ftill th’ impending trees Stretch