Then sternness she assumed, and - “Doctor, tell;

Thy words cannot alarm me - am I well?”

“Thou art,” said he; “and yet thy dress so light,

I do conceive, some danger must excite:”

“In whom?” said Sybil, with a look demure:

“In more,” said he, “than I expect to cure; -

I, in thy light luxuriant robe behold

Want and excess, abounding and yet cold;

Here needed, there display’d, in many a wanton fold;

Both health and beauty, learned authors show,