A malady
Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach.

A malady
Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach.

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.

Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by
the right of inheritance or purchased with read more

Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by
the right of inheritance or purchased with gold.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne,

I've that within for which there are no plasters.

I've that within for which there are no plasters.

Sick now? droop now? This sickness doth infect
The very lifeblood of our enterprise.

Sick now? droop now? This sickness doth infect
The very lifeblood of our enterprise.

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.

Sickness is a belief, to be annihilated by the divine Mind.

Sickness is a belief, to be annihilated by the divine Mind.

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.

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.