Or the sick or the healthy, 'twas equally one,
By Epsom's assistance their business was done.
Bath's springs next in fashion came rapidly on,
And out-did by far whate'er Epsom had done;
There the gay and the sullen found instant relief,
And the sighing young widow was eas'd of her grief.
Unrival'd by any, Bath flourish'd alone,
And fail'd not to cure in gout, colic, or stone,
Till Scarborough waters, by secret unknown,
Stole all the fam'd qualities Bath thought her own.