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78 All who true Dunces in her cause appear'd, And all who knew those Dunces to reward. Amid that area wide they took their stand, Where the tall may-pole once o'er-look'd the Strand; But now (so and Piety ordain) A Church collects the saints of Drury-lane. With Authors, Stationers obey'd the call, (The field of glory is a field for all.) Glory, and gain, th'industrious tribe provoke; And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke. A Poet's form she plac'd before their eyes, And bade the nimblest racer seize the prize;