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WRITTEN DURING THE ILLNESS OFA FRIEND.
Return, sweet health, on balmy pinions come,
Resume thy wonted glow on Martha's cheek,
Ah, cheer the lovely rose, and bid it bloom,
Or sickness soon the feeble stein will break.
Resume thy wonted glow on Martha's cheek,
Ah, cheer the lovely rose, and bid it bloom,
Or sickness soon the feeble stein will break.
Benign enchantress, use thy gentle sway,
And chase thine enemy from Martha's brow.
Oh, lovely Health, expand thy cheering ray,
Let her once more thy genial influence know.
And chase thine enemy from Martha's brow.
Oh, lovely Health, expand thy cheering ray,
Let her once more thy genial influence know.
