. Death's doings: consisting of numerous original compositions, in verse and prose, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of thirty copperplates . , twas wonderful, theyll say. That Death so long could have been kept away! See yon poor wretch ! mere effigy of man ! Hed faith!—and all their grand specifics tried ;For while he trusted to the charlatan. He little thought grim Death was by his side:And yet to him the Tyrant provd a bringing all his torments to an end. THE EMPIRIC. 319 Oh, bounteous Nature ! friend of human kind! Who every he
. Death's doings: consisting of numerous original compositions, in verse and prose, the friendly contributions of various writers; principally intended as illustrations of thirty copperplates . , twas wonderful, theyll say. That Death so long could have been kept away! See yon poor wretch ! mere effigy of man ! Hed faith!—and all their grand specifics tried ;For while he trusted to the charlatan. He little thought grim Death was by his side:And yet to him the Tyrant provd a bringing all his torments to an end. THE EMPIRIC. 319 Oh, bounteous Nature ! friend of human kind! Who every heartfelt joy of life their best interests were not mortals blind. Or would but rightly use their boasted gratefully obey thy wise trust their lives in sordid Emprics hands. Hygeia, hail! Ill drink at thy pure Temperance and Exercise preside ; And, while lifes dearest boon thy handmaids from the wine-press flow the purple tide. The tempting goblet from my lips Ill the gifts by luxury supplied. Hail! then, Hygeia, hail! thee, goddess, I adore, For, blest with health, Im rich,—though scanty bemy store! S. 320 THE MEN OF PHYSIC; AN EASTERN TALE. {By the Author of Glances from the Moon.) It happened that a certain absolute and capri-cious despot of an eastern province, on perceiving,after a few years domination, that the number of hissubjects had considerably decreased, instead of in-stituting a cautious inquiry into the possible causesof this lowered population, determined to lay thewhole charge, the wonder, and the mischief, on theprofessed practisers of what was there termed thehealing art, but, according to his princely suspi-cion, the art of poisoning and destroying. Long didhe cherish, whether warranted or otherwise doth notclearly appear, this peculiar sentiment, strengthenedby progressive observation, and now matured intoimmoveable conviction: and, indeed, as his pro-vince had neither been
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