Her case consumptive, with perpetual need
Still to be fed, and still desire to feed;
An eager craving, seldom known to cease,
And gold alone brought temporary peace.—
So, rich he was not; James some fear express’d, 260
Dear Doctor David would be yet distress’d;
For if now poor, when so repaid his skill,
What fate were his, if he himself were ill!
In his religion, Doctor Dyson sought
To teach himself—“A man should not be taught,