For being comely, consonant, and free To most of men, but most of all to me: For so decreeing, that thy clothes expence Keepes still within a just circumference: Then for contriving so to loade thy Board, As that the Messes ne'r o'r-laid the Lord: Next for Ordaining, that thy words not swell To any one unsober syllable. These I co'd praise thee for beyond another, Wert thou a Winckfield onely, not a Brother. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MANY SOLDIERS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE BARMAID AND THE ALEXANDRITE by KAREN SWENSON COMRADE JESUS by SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN THE CHOIR INVISIBLE by MARY ANN EVANS THE WAVES OF BREFFNY by EVA GORE-BOOTH THE HEATHEN PASS-EE by ARTHUR CLEMENT HILTON |