—With the next noon his morning came,

And serious thoughts began to claim

Attention to the Life he past,

And how much longer it might last:

For the hard blow he had receiv'd,

By the chair's fall, had so aggriev'd

The Pericranium's tend'rest part

That it requir'd a Surgeon's art,

Who, to relieve the threat'ning pains

Applied the leeches to his veins,