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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: OF THE MAKING OF MASTER MESSERIN, by RUSTICO DI FILIPPO Poet's Biography
First Line: When god had finished master messerin
Last Line: He cannot make, if that's a thing he can.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rustico Barbato
Subject(s): Sonnet (as Literary Form)
First Line: When god had finished master messerin
Last Line: He cannot make, if that's a thing he can.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rustico Barbato
Subject(s): Sonnet (as Literary Form)
WHEN God had finished Master Messerin,
He really thought it something to have done:
Bird, man, and beast had got a chance in one,
And each felt flattered, it was hoped, therein.
For he is like a goose i' the windpipe thin,
And like a cameleopard high i' the loins;
To which, for manhood, you'll be told, he joins
Some kinds of flesh-hues and a callow chin.
As to his singing he affects the crow;
As to his learning, beasts in general;
And sets all square by dressing like a man.
God made him, having nothing else to do;
And proved there is not anything at all
He cannot make, if that's a thing He can.
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