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"Namby Pamby" is a famous poem by Alexander Pope, published in 1712. The full title is "An Essay on Criticism, Part II: Of the Nature of the Hamhock, and the True Taste of the Town". The poem is a satirical critique of the literary tastes of the time, and "Namby Pamby" is a term used to describe a type of poetry that is overly sentimental, trivial, and lacking in substance.

In the poem, Pope writes:

"What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things, I weigh the pain and advantage of each part, And, like the dial to the sun, adjust my heart.

Submit the even balance of a line, To what it is, and is not, to be fine; And, like the dial to the sun, adjust my heart, Not to be over-refin'd, or over-part.

For oft the error of the sense is great, When the fault is not the sense, but the phrase; And oft the phrase is not the fault, but the sense, And oft the sense is not the fault, but the sense.

Namby Pamby, Namby Pamby, Namby Pamby, Namby Pamby, A pretty thing, a pretty thing, a pretty thing, a pretty thing."

In modern times, the term "Namby Pamby" has taken on a broader meaning, often used to describe something or someone that is overly sentimental, pretentious, or lacking in substance.