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TO MY FRIEND AND KINSMAN, JOHN FORD, AUTHOR OF 'PERKIN WARBECK' by JOHN FORD (17TH CENTURY-)

First Line: DRAMATIC POETS, AS THE TIMES GO NOW
Last Line: MANY MAY IMITATE, FEW MATCH THY PLAY.
Subject(s): FORD, JOHN (1586-1639);
Dramatic poets, as the times go now,
Can hardly write what others will allow;
The cynic snarls, the critic howls and barks,
And ravens croak to drown the voice of larks:
Scorn those stage-harpies! This I'll boldly say,
Many may imitate, few match thy play.



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