Which makes the doctor tremble for their sake;
Still, if the youthful patient will but trust
In one so kind, so pitiful, and just;
If he will take the tonic all the time,
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And hold but moderate intercourse with crime:
The sage will gravely give his honest word,
That strength and spirits shall be both restored;
In plainer English—if you mean to sin,
Fly to the drops, and instantly begin.