But though I learnt the broken limb to bind
I found no ease for my distracted mind.
But much too long upon these scenes I dwell,
Excuse me, sir, for ev'ry word I tell
Seems like an echo from the ruined past,
Fresh as if Time this moment wound the blast.
"My friends returned a week before the day
Fixed as the utmost limit of my stay,
For all th' arrangements had been made for me
To practise sciences and surgery.