Too popular is @3Tragick Poesie,@1 Strayning his tip-toes for a farthing fee, And doth besides on @3Rimelesse@1 numbers tread, Vnbid @3Iambicks@1 flow from carelesse head. Some brauer braine in high @3Heroick@1 rimes Compileth worme eate stories of olde times: And he like some imperious @3Maronist,@1 Coniures the @3Muses@1 that they him assist. Then striues he to bumbast his feeble lines With farre-fetcht phraise: And maketh vp his hard-betaken tale, With strange enchantments, fetcht from darksom vale Of some @3Melissa,@1 that by Magicke dome To @3Tuscan@1 soyle transporteth @3Merlins tombe: Painters@1 and @3poets@1 hold your ancient right: Write what you wil, and write not what you might: Their limits be their @3List,@1 their reason will. But if some painter in presuming skill Should paint the stars in center of the earth, Could ye forbeare some smiles, & taunting mirth? But let no rebell @3Satyre@1 dare traduce Th'eternall @3Legends@1 of thy @3Faery Muse,@1 Renowmed @3Spencer:@1 whome no earthly wight Dares once to emulate, much lesse dares despight. @3Salust@1 of @3France@1 and @3Tuscan Ariost,@1 Yeeld vp the @3Lawrell girlond@1 ye haue lost: And let all others willow weare with mee, Or let their vndeseruing @3Temples@1 bared bee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CYMON AND IPHIGENIA by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO FROM THE ANTIQUE (1) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI TO WAKEN AN OLD LADY by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS ON HEARING THAT THE STUDENTS OF OUR NEW UNIVERSITY JOINED AGITATION .. by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |