Diagnosis

Cried Allen Forman: “Doctor, pray
  Compose my spirit’s strife:
O what may be my chances, say,
  Of living all my life?

“For lately I have dreamed of high
  And hempen dissolution!
O doctor, doctor, how can I
  Amend my constitution?”

The learned leech replied: “You’re young
  And beautiful and strong⁠—
Permit me to inspect your tongue:
  H’m, ah, ahem!⁠—’tis long.”