True
RESIGNATION
.
Aequam
memento
rebus
in
arduis
Servare
mentem
.
HORAT.
By
Mr.
H****
WHEN
Colin's
good
dame
,
who
long
held
him
a
tug
,
And
defeated
his
hopes
by
the
help
of
the
jug
,
Had
taken
too
freely
the
cheeruping
cup
,
And
repeated
the
dose
till
it
laid
her
quite
up
;
Colin
sent
for
the
doctor
:
with
sorrowful
face
He
gave
him
his
fee
,
and
he
told
him
her
case
.
Quoth
Galen
,
I'll
do
what
I
can
for
your
wife
;
But
indeed
she's
so
bad
,
that
I
fear
,
for
her
life
.
In
counsel
there's
safety
—
e'en
send
for
another
;
For
if
she
shou'd
die
,
folks
will
make
a
strange
pother
,
And
say
that
I
lost
her
for
want
of
good
skill
—
Or
of
better
advice
—
or
,
in
short
,
what
they
will
.
Says
Colin
,
your
judgment
there's
none
can
dispute
;
And
if
physic
can
cure
her
—
I
know
yours
will
do't
.
But
if
,
after
all
,
she
shou'd
happen
to
die
,
And
they
say
that
you
kill'd
her
—
I'll
swear
'tis
a
lye
:
'Tis
the
husband's
chief
business
,
whatever
ensue
;
And
whoever
finds
fault
—
I'll
be
shot
—
if
I
do
.