Paedotrophia, or, The art of nursing and rearing children. A poem, in three books / translated from the Latin of Scevole de St. Marthe ; with medical and historical notes; with the life of the author, from the French of Michel and Niceron ... by H.W. Tytler.

Date:
1797
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Credit: Paedotrophia, or, The art of nursing and rearing children. A poem, in three books / translated from the Latin of Scevole de St. Marthe ; with medical and historical notes; with the life of the author, from the French of Michel and Niceron ... by H.W. Tytler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    BOOKIil.] NURSING ANDREARINGCHILDREN, llQ Great Sire of verfe, and of* the healing art;^ Infpire my voice, and ev'ry Ikill impart; For thee glad earth her verdant offspring yields, For thee frefh flow'rs adorn the fragrant fields; Difeafe before thee flies, the lick amend. And health and pleafure on thy fteps attend: O ! Father, leave a while thy lov'd abodes. The plains, the mountains, and the walks of gods; 5b Affift thy fon t' explore great Nature's waySj Direct my flight in this uncertain maze ; Illume, with all thy light, my glowing lineSj Exalt the Mufe intent on deep defigns j Infpire to finifh what before I fpoke, 35 Nor be difpleas'd that I fo oft invoke* Behold applaudmg fathers round me thtong. And pious mothers crowd to hear the fong: Who feels paternal love its ufe perceives. And crowns the Poet's brow with oaken leaves^ 40 Whofe hymn of GallimachUs. Alfo, that Daphne^ flyirig from Apolio, was here changed into a laurel. Ovid. Metamorph. Lib. I. The river Peneus runs between the famous mountains Olym* pus and Offa. Ver. 40. ^ml crowns the Foci's hronu msith oaken lem'es.'} ■- quernaque intexunt froade coroiiara.