The art of preserving health: A poem

by John Armstrong

Expells Diseases, softens every Pain, 515

Subdues the rage of Poison, and the Plague;

And hence the wise of ancient days ador’d

One Power of Physic, Melody, and Song.

The END.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Hygeia the goddess of health, was, according to the genealogy of the heathen deities, the daughter of Esculapius; who, as well as Apollo, was distinguished by the name of Pæon.

[2] The wild rose, or that which grows upon the wild briar.

[3] The burning fever.