A TRIBUTE TO Dr. G. A. Tharp.
Reading edition
BY G. W. VAN WEIGHS.
Arise, my Muse, and tune your harp To ring the praises of a Tharp; His cultured mind and noble soul Truth and virtue both control.
Tell the world his perfect skill Can conquer every human ill That lends to science or to art, From shattered limb to dormant heart.
Each pill and potion that he makes Relieves your pain and health awakes: And should he use the surgeon's knife, He never will sacrifice a life.
His skilfull fingers place a band As gently as a woman's hand; And not one patient needs to feel That he the truth will not reveal.
The poor regard him as their friend, And on his bounty oft depend; Well knowing that his generous heart Dares to act a christian part!
Long may this noble doctor live, Ease to suffering men to give; And meet the summons to depart With the skill he wooes his art.