By sympathy thus, and consent of the parts,
We are taught, fundamentally, classics and arts.
The Birch, à priori, applied to the palm,
Can settle disputes and a passion becalm.
Whatever disorders prevail in the blood
The birch can correct them, like guaiacum wood:
It sweetens the juices, corrects our ill humours,
Bad habits removes, and disperses foul tumours.
When applied to the hand it can cure with a switch,
Like the salve of old Molyneux, used in the itch!