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Poem
November 2, 1802
The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
A sonnet personifying Health as a preferred companion over wealth and luxury, embracing simplicity, facing life's challenges and death with her aid.
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OCR Quality
95%
Excellent
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SACRED TO THE MUSES.
SONNET TO HEALTH
Delightful visitor! thou lov'st to quit
The couch of ease and splendid board of wealth;
At homely fare, in rustic weeds to sit.
I hail thee, sweet companion, goddess HEALTH!
With thee I'll brave the angry storms of fate,
And learn undaunted all her ills to bear;
With thee I'll smiling pass the rich man's gate.
And treat with generous scorn all stately fare.
Should bounteous heaven, to gild my simple lot,
Give me a friend, or kind, endearing wife,
Be thou still partner of my humble cot,
And journey with me in the maze of life-
When death cries stop! thy parting smile I cleave,
Steal gently back and leave me in the grave.
SONNET TO HEALTH
Delightful visitor! thou lov'st to quit
The couch of ease and splendid board of wealth;
At homely fare, in rustic weeds to sit.
I hail thee, sweet companion, goddess HEALTH!
With thee I'll brave the angry storms of fate,
And learn undaunted all her ills to bear;
With thee I'll smiling pass the rich man's gate.
And treat with generous scorn all stately fare.
Should bounteous heaven, to gild my simple lot,
Give me a friend, or kind, endearing wife,
Be thou still partner of my humble cot,
And journey with me in the maze of life-
When death cries stop! thy parting smile I cleave,
Steal gently back and leave me in the grave.
What sub-type of article is it?
Sonnet
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Death Mourning
What keywords are associated?
Sonnet Health
Simplicity Wealth
Fate Storms
Death Grave
Moral Virtue
Poem Details
Title
Sonnet To Health
Subject
To Health
Key Lines
Delightful Visitor! Thou Lov'st To Quit
I Hail Thee, Sweet Companion, Goddess Health!
With Thee I'll Brave The Angry Storms Of Fate,
When Death Cries Stop! Thy Parting Smile I Cleave,