The art of preserving health; a poem, in four books / by John Armstrong.

  • Armstrong, John, 1709-1779.
Date:
1748
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Credit: The art of preserving health; a poem, in four books / by John Armstrong. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    So far Indulge: ’tis fit, befides, that man^ To change obnoxious, be to change inur’d« But flay the curious appetite, and tafte / With caution fruits you never tried before, 195 For want of ufe the kindefl: aliment Sometimes offends; while cnflom tames the rage Of poifon to mild amity with life. So heav’n has form’d us to the general tafte Of all its gifts ; fo cuftom has improv’d 20a This bent of nature ; that few fimple foods,, Of all that earth, or air, or ocean yield. But by excefs offend. Beyond the fenfe Of light refedtion, at the genial board Indulge not often *, nor protradt the feaft 205 To dull fatiety ; till foft and flow A drowzy death creeps on, th’ expanfive foul Opprefs’d, and fmother’d the celeftial fire. , 1 he ftomach, urg’d beyond its adlive tone. Hardly