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First Line: To join things so divided in this age
Last Line: Not lend them hose to put on head or horn!
Subject(s): Plays & Playwrights


To join things so divided in this age,
Shows thy rare masterpiece of wit right sage.
Out of th' Athenian Sea to draw it forth,
Commends not only learned skill, but worth.
I mean both honesty and wealth; so rare
Do these two planets in conjunction share
Of one man's breast. Their divers aspects shine
Malign (like Saturn) in sextile or trine.
To each ingenuous soul. I know, our nation
Would fain obscure this luminous constellation:
But thou hast rescued it, and set it free
In the bright orb of ingenuity.
Go on, brave soul! let each heroic spirit
Know 'tis allied to riches as by merit.
Vindicate them: while muckworm-minded men
Feel the sharp dint of thy incensed pen.
Doom them to dunghills; and thy potent scorn
Not lend them hose to put on head or horn!





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