M. C. Furnell, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.S.

And lastly from the troubled waves,Amidst the glorious cheering,Uprose Dhanwantari the sage,The lost Ambrosia bearing.

"In ancient times the sacred plough employedThe king and awful fathers of mankind;And some, with whom compared your insect tribesAre but the beings of a summer's day,Have held the scale of Empire, ruled the stormOf mighty war! then with unwearied hand,Disdaining little delicacies, seizedThe plough, and greatly independent lived,"