These Blessings, Reader, may Heav’n grant to thee;

A faithful friend, equal in Love’s degree;

Land fruitful, never conscious of the Curse,

A liberal Heart and never-failing Purse;

A smiling conscience, a contented mind;

A temp’rate Knowledge with true Wisdom join’d;

A Life as long as fair, and when expir’d,

A kindly death, unfear’d as undesir’d.

Poor Richard’s Almanack

December 1745