A BOOK was writ of late called Tetrachordon, And woven close, both matter, form and style; The subject new: it walked the town awhile, Numbring good intellects; now seldom pored on. Cries the stall-reader, bless us! what a word on A title page is this! and some in file Stand spelling false, while one might walk to Mile- End Green. Why is it harder, Sirs, than Gordon, Colkitto, or Macdonnel, or Galasp? Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp. Thy age, like ours, O soul of Sir John Cheek, Hated not learning worse than toad or asp; When thou taught'st Cambridge, and King Edward Greek. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POLYHYMNIA: SONNET TO LADY FALKLAND UPON HER GOING TO INTO IRELAND by WILLIAM BASSE TO LADY CHARLOTTYE GORDON; DRESSED IN A TARTAN SCOTCH BONNET by JAMES BEATTIE MEN OF HARLAN by WILLIAM ASPENWALL BRADLEY A RAIN-DREAM by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE MUSIC OF THE PINES by WARREN CHENEY TO SIR ASTON COCKAYNE, ON HIS TRAGEDY OF OVID by CHARLES COTTON |