GIL'S history appears to me Political anatomy, A case of skeletons well done, And malefactors every one. His sharp and strong incision pen Historically cuts up men, And does with lucid skill impart Their inward ails of head and heart. Laurence proceeds another way, And well-dressed figures doth display: His characters are all in flesh, Their hands are fair, their faces fresh; And from his sweetening art derive A better scent than when alive. He wax-work made to please the sons, Whose fathers were Gil's skeletons. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF RUTLAND by BEN JONSON A NET TO SNARE THE MOONLIGHT by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE FIRST BLUEBIRD by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY LINES FOR THE HOUR by HAMILTON FISH ARMSTRONG SAY NO MORE OF ME by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD THE VALEDICTION by RICHARD BAXTER NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 26 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT SANDY STAR: 2. LAUGHING IT OUT by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |