. Perfect pearls of poetry and prose; the most unique, touching, inspiring and beautiful literary . c THE HYPOCHONDRIAC. 403 Nor how, when round the frosty pole,The northern dawn was red, The mountain-wolf and wild-cat stoleTo banquet on the dead; But long they looked, and feared, and wept; Within his distant home ;And dreamed, and started as they eispt, For joy that he was Nor how, when strangers found his bones, They dressed the hasty bier,And marked his grave with nameless stones, Unmoistened by a tear. Long, long they looked—but never a^uA His welcome step knew
. Perfect pearls of poetry and prose; the most unique, touching, inspiring and beautiful literary . c THE HYPOCHONDRIAC. 403 Nor how, when round the frosty pole,The northern dawn was red, The mountain-wolf and wild-cat stoleTo banquet on the dead; But long they looked, and feared, and wept; Within his distant home ;And dreamed, and started as they eispt, For joy that he was Nor how, when strangers found his bones, They dressed the hasty bier,And marked his grave with nameless stones, Unmoistened by a tear. Long, long they looked—but never a^uA His welcome step knew the fearful death he died Far down that narrow glen. TRE HYPOCHONDRIAC. i|OOD morning, Doctor; how do you do? I haint quite so well as I_J| have been; but I think Im some better than I was. I dont think^^^^ that last medicine you gin me did me much good. I had a terrible 404 THE HYPOCHONDRIAC. time with the ear-ache last night; my wife got up and drapt a few drapaof walnut sap into it, and that relieved it some; but I didnt get a winkof sleep till nearly daylight. For nearly a week, Doctor, Ive had the worstkind of a narvous headache; it has been so bad sometimes that I thoughtmy head would bust open. Oh, dear! I sometimes think that Im themost afflictedest human that ever lived. Since this cold weather sot in, that troublesome cough, that I havehad every winter for the last fiftee
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