<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=580265" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To Prudence</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">HENCE, Prudence! bane of ev'ry virtuous deed,<br>Child of Cold Prejudice and selfish Fear,<br>Insensible to Sorrow's bitter tear,<br>Wrung from the heart thou bid'st unpitied bleed!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, Innocence! compell'd to seek the shade,<br>And pine neglected in the cheerless wild,<br>Defam'd by Slander, Envy's fav'rite child,<br>Weep on, for Prudence shuns thee, wretched maid!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Poor Honesty! bend not thy steps this way,<br>Caution must scrutinize thy pale, wan face,<br>On every guileless feature stamp disgrace, <br>And shuddering at thy guilt turn quick away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, Want! thou breathing image of cold death!<br>By all forsaken, and by all forgot,<br>And in a loathsome jail condemn'd to rot;<br>Avaunt thee!--for contagion taints thy breath.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh! Industry! made misery to endure,<br>Steeping thy hard-earn'd crust in liquid woe;<br>Contempt and Scorn shall heavier give the blow,<br>Thou must be indolent--for thou art poor.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If sad Experience e'er should steel my breast,<br>Show me mankind, ungen'rous, cruel base,<br>Ingratitude, the vice of all the race;<br>Then, Prudence! then I'll hail thee for my guest!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Charlotte+Dacre">Charlotte Dacre</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=580265" data-title="To Prudence de Charlotte Dacre" data-description="HENCE, Prudence! bane of ev'ry virtuous deed, Child of Cold Prejudice and selfish Fear, Insensible to Sorrow's bitter tear, Wrung from the heart thou bid'st unpitied bleed! Oh, Innocence! compell'd to seek the shade, And pine neglected in the che..."></div> </div> </div>

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