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I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness
worth while.
I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness
worth while.
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and
more: the whole head is sick, and read more
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and
more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Most of the time we think we're sick, it's all in the mind.
Most of the time we think we're sick, it's all in the mind.
He had a fever when he was in Spain,
And when the fit was on him, I did mark
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He had a fever when he was in Spain,
And when the fit was on him, I did mark
How he did shake. 'Tis true, this god did shake.
His coward lips did from their color fly,
And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world
Did lose his luster.
I've known my lady (for she loves a tune)
For fevers take an opera in June:
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I've known my lady (for she loves a tune)
For fevers take an opera in June:
And, though perhaps you'll think the practice bold,
A midnight park is sov'reign for a cold.
My long sickness
Of health and living now begins to mend,
And nothing brings me all things.
My long sickness
Of health and living now begins to mend,
And nothing brings me all things.
But when ill indeed,
E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
- George Colman ("The Younger"),
But when ill indeed,
E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
- George Colman ("The Younger"),
A malady
Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach.
A malady
Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach.
Prevention is better than cure.
Prevention is better than cure.