Too popular is @3Tragick Poesie,@1 Strayning his tip-toes for a farthing fee, And doth besides on @3Rimelesse@1 numbers tread, Vnbid @3Iambicks@1 flow from carelesse head. Some brauer braine in high @3Heroick@1 rimes Compileth worme eate stories of olde times: And he like some imperious @3Maronist,@1 Coniures the @3Muses@1 that they him assist. Then striues he to bumbast his feeble lines With farre-fetcht phraise: And maketh vp his hard-betaken tale, With strange enchantments, fetcht from darksom vale Of some @3Melissa,@1 that by Magicke dome To @3Tuscan@1 soyle transporteth @3Merlins tombe: Painters@1 and @3poets@1 hold your ancient right: Write what you wil, and write not what you might: Their limits be their @3List,@1 their reason will. But if some painter in presuming skill Should paint the stars in center of the earth, Could ye forbeare some smiles, & taunting mirth? But let no rebell @3Satyre@1 dare traduce Th'eternall @3Legends@1 of thy @3Faery Muse,@1 Renowmed @3Spencer:@1 whome no earthly wight Dares once to emulate, much lesse dares despight. @3Salust@1 of @3France@1 and @3Tuscan Ariost,@1 Yeeld vp the @3Lawrell girlond@1 ye haue lost: And let all others willow weare with mee, Or let their vndeseruing @3Temples@1 bared bee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EARTH'S ANSWER, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE AFTER WINTER by STERLING ALLEN BROWN NINETY-NINE IN THE SHADE by ROSSITER JOHNSON A TEAMSTER'S FAREWELL by CARL SANDBURG SONNET: MAN VERSUS ASCETIC. 5 by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON KATE'S MOTHER by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES HOME, SWEET HOME WITH VARIATIONS: 1. ORIGINAL THEME AS PAYNE WROTE IT by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER |