And Jupiter unto his place restor'd:

And, but that Learning, in despite of Fate,

Will mount aloft, and enter heaven-gate,

And to the seat of Jove itself advance,

Hermes had slept in hell with Ignorance.

Yet, as a punishment, they added this,

That he and Poverty should always kiss;470

And to this day is every scholar poor:

Gross gold from them runs headlong to the boor.

Likewise the angry Sisters, thus deluded,