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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH: BOOK 2. RUSTIC INTERIOR, by JOHN ARMSTRONG First Line: Nothing so foreign but th' athletic hind Last Line: Grow wiser, lesson'd by the dropping teeth. Subject(s): Athletes; Food & Eating; Health | |||
NOTHING so foreign but th' athletic hind Can labour into blood. The hungry meal Alone he fears, or aliments too thin; By violent powers too easily subdued, Too soon expelled. His daily labour thaws, To friendly chyle, the most rebellious mass That salt can harden, or the smoke of years; Nor does his gorge the luscious bacon rue, Nor that which Cestria sends, tenacious paste Of solid milk. But ye of softer clay, Infirm and delicate! and ye who waste With pale and bloated sloth the tedious day! Avoid the stubborn aliment, avoid The full repast; and let sagacious age Grow wiser, lesson'd by the dropping teeth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 2. LOS CIGARILLOS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE MASTECTOMY POEMS: 12. EPILOGUE: NEVERTHELESS by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER PLEASURE MIXED WITH PAIN by THOMAS WYATT IN SICKNESS (1714) by JONATHAN SWIFT THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH: BOOK 1. AIR by JOHN ARMSTRONG THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH: BOOK 2. ADVICE TO THE STOUT by JOHN ARMSTRONG THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH: BOOK 2. DIET by JOHN ARMSTRONG A DAY: AN EPISTLE TO JOHN WILKES, OF AYLESBURY, ESQ. by JOHN ARMSTRONG |
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