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Of hisses, blows, or want, or loss of ears:
Calm Temperance, whose blessings those 7
Who hunger, and who thirst for scribling sake :
Prudence, whose glass presents th’ approaching jayl ;
Poetic Justice, with her lifted scale ; 8 40
Where in nice balance, truth with gold she weighs,
And solid pudding against empty praise.
Of hisses, blows, or want, or loss of ears:
Calm Temperance, whose blessings those 7
Who hunger, and who thirst for scribling sake :
Prudence, whose glass presents th’ approaching jayl ;
Poetic Justice, with her lifted scale ; 8 40
Where in nice balance, truth with gold she weighs,
And solid pudding against empty praise.
Alexander Pope - v04
