Unhappy goddess! Has then envious earth br Denied thine eyes the radiance of thy birth? br Have mortals, that still need thy voice to school br Their wrangling lives, their daily feuds to rule, br That thou might'st judge with stern and equal mind, br Swayed by no fear or favour, made thee blind? br Immortal, yet with bound and vacant eye, br How sad an emblem of humanity! br Thou bearest the poised scales, the uplifted sword, br Dealing to each his sentence and award. br Infinite acts in tedious array, br Their petty quarrels, at thy feet they lay.