"Such was the doctrine our young prophet taught;
" And here conviction, there confusion wrought;
"When his thin cheek assumed a deadly hue,
" And all the rose to one small spot withdrew:
"They call'd it hectic; 't was a fiery flush,
" More fix'd and deeper than the maiden blush;
"His paler lips the pearly teeth disclosed,
" And lab'ring lungs the length'ning speech opposed.
"No more his span-girth shanks and quiv'ring thighs
" Upheld a body of the smaller size;
"But down he sank upon his dying bed,
'And gloomy crotchets fill'd his wandering head. —