But wisely, ere his fee he paid, “I see,” said he, when Shock gave over, "That you have lived too long in cloverI use that phrase the fact to soften – You've eat too much, and slept too often! The nervous system is affected By every thing with mind connected; And indigestion, does again Affect the spinal cord and brain. Anxiety and over-eating, Thus in your case together meeting, Your health and spirits have been brought To what they are; - but 'tis my thought, That time, and care, and faith in me, And what is more, restore the place Should find in it obscurity: · "At sunrise, when you hear me crow, To Marple-wood, that's two miles, go; There of the spring you first discern, Drink one large draught—then home return.” "And is this all?" asked patient Shock. "All, on my word," quoth doctor Cock; "To-morrow, lest your way you lose, I'll guide you thither, if you choose." The following morn was cold and wet, Clapping his wings, and crowing strong, At length, the morning draught was taken, But still resolved to persevere. A week, a little week, and he As Shock, with health and favour crowned? Think not the dog forsook his friend : Shock proved his friendship true and lasting, Hunger, he rather chose to feel, Than on his friend's bones make a meal! S THE COTTAGE DOOR. BY T. K. HERVEY, ESQ. I. How sweet the rest that labour yields The humble and the poor, Where sits the patriarch of the fields The lark is singing in the sky, The swallow in the eaves, And love is beaming in each eye The air amid his fragrant bowers Supplies unpurchased health, And hearts are bounding 'mid the flowers, More dear to him than wealth; |