IN thy profession thou hast many peers, Whose skill may equal thine: but few I know, Whom converse, manners, kindness, so endears To patients, in that most impatient wo Disease gives birth to. I would rather be (As who would not?) a stranger to you all: But if I were by sad necessity Compell'd to seek for aid, thine would I call. For I have found thee, in some tedious hours Of pain and languor, capable of being Expert in more than med'cine's healing powers; Not nauseous drugs, alone, with pomp decreeing, But nearly able by thy @3social@1 skill To make me half forget that I was ill. |