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...ADELAIDE AND JOHN WILKES BOOTH by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE GROSS CLINIC by CAROL FROST THE EXPOSED NEST by ROBERT FROST JOHANNES AGRICOLA IN MEDITATION by ROBERT BROWNING EARLY MORN by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES DIVINATION BY A DAFFADILL by ROBERT HERRICK THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE by CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE |