The Probationary Odes of Jonathan Pindar, Esq A cousin of Peter's, and candidate for the post of Poet Laureat to the C. U. S. In two parts |
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ODE II.
TO A REGENERATED BODY .
Jonathan displayeth his Skill in the Therapeutic Art, and his acquaintance with the Doctors of the Soborne—warneth of contagious diseases, and concludeth with a new Case in Nosology.
I've heard that some Physicians recommend,
To help a vitiated Constitution,
Some pounds of blood, per vene sect: sumend :
And with a Pig's, or Calf's make restitution.
To help a vitiated Constitution,
Some pounds of blood, per vene sect: sumend :
And with a Pig's, or Calf's make restitution.
Nothing is easier than the operation,
Fait par le moyen d'une petite Canulle ;
The patient's health by this sophistication
Returning, when his veins are syring'd full.
Fait par le moyen d'une petite Canulle ;
The patient's health by this sophistication
Returning, when his veins are syring'd full.
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But if, perchance, the ancient Taint remains,
Ere while it will corrupt the borrow'd mass,
Of wholesome blood from Swine's salubrious veins,
And fresh disease and torment bring to pass.
Ere while it will corrupt the borrow'd mass,
Of wholesome blood from Swine's salubrious veins,
And fresh disease and torment bring to pass.
In other Bodies, thus, tho' sometimes drain'd
Of putrid humours which destroy their health,
Whilst in exchange much purer blood is gain'd,
Some subtle poison often lurks by stealth.
Of putrid humours which destroy their health,
Whilst in exchange much purer blood is gain'd,
Some subtle poison often lurks by stealth.
Full sure I am, that no such Taint remains,
To poison your regenerate Corporation:
Some wholesome blood of Swine now fills its veins,
Avoid! I pray you, Sirs, Inoculation!
To poison your regenerate Corporation:
Some wholesome blood of Swine now fills its veins,
Avoid! I pray you, Sirs, Inoculation!
Some Operators of such skill you'l meet,
They will inoculate you without pain,
Your senses like a cozening Harlot cheat,
And whilst they fondle fix an odious Stain.
They will inoculate you without pain,
Your senses like a cozening Harlot cheat,
And whilst they fondle fix an odious Stain.
The very smell of some Diseases taints:
Small-pox, Assumption, Bank-script, Foreign Loans,
And Yellow-fever might infect e'en Saints,
And like a Leprosy corrode their bones.
Small-pox, Assumption, Bank-script, Foreign Loans,
And Yellow-fever might infect e'en Saints,
And like a Leprosy corrode their bones.
Fly all infirmaries where these ills prevail;
Bush-Hill was not so dang'rous in September;
One yellow-fever with the frost may fail;
One more contagious rages in December:
Bush-Hill was not so dang'rous in September;
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One more contagious rages in December:
A new Disease, which leaves a fouler stain,
Contagion threatens with resistless Rage,
Pollutes the Lips, the Tongue, the Heart, the Brain,
The Anglo-Mania nam'd by Doctors sage.
Contagion threatens with resistless Rage,
Pollutes the Lips, the Tongue, the Heart, the Brain,
The Anglo-Mania nam'd by Doctors sage.
A Galli-Phobia first the Taint betrays:
The patient trembles if Ca Ira 's heard;
Discrimination bloodless leaves his Face,
Though Friends to Enemies should be prefer'd
The patient trembles if Ca Ira 's heard;
Discrimination bloodless leaves his Face,
Though Friends to Enemies should be prefer'd
A servile, coward cringing, next succeeds,
Base as a Courtier's, or as Spaniel's whipt:
Henceforth the wretch on British Ordure feeds,
To Guineas minted, or wrap'd up in Script .
Base as a Courtier's, or as Spaniel's whipt:
Henceforth the wretch on British Ordure feeds,
To Guineas minted, or wrap'd up in Script .
This Ode appears to have been addressed to the last, and not the present regenerated Body.—The advise may not be amiss for the latter, since it proved too late for the former; and perhaps would have been disregarded had it been earlier. C. C.
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