B. III.
Preserving HEALTH.
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190Till all the fiery mettle has its way,
And the thick thunder hurries o'er the plain.
When all at once from indolence to toil
You spring, the fibres by the hasty shock
Are tir'd and crack'd, before their unctuous coats,
195Compress'd, can pour the lubricating balm.
Besides, collected in the passive veins,
The purple mass a sudden torrent rolls,
O'erpowers the heart, and deluges the lungs
With dangerous inundation: Oft the source
200Of fatal woes; a cough that foams with blood,
Asthma, and feller [1]Peripneumonie,
Or the slow minings of the hectic fire.
Th' athletic fool, to whom what heav'n deny'd
Of soul is well compensated in limbs,
L
Oft
- ↑ The inflammation of the lungs.
