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114.H06.001 All hayle, Sweete poet, more full of more str>a%>o<ng%Ye%Z fire
114.H06.002 ***%>>Then< hath or shall enkindle my dull spirit
114.H06.003 I loue what Nature gaue thee, but thy merit
114.H06.004 Of witt and art I loue not, but admire.
114.H06.005 Who hath before or shall write after thee
114.H06.006 Theyr workes, though toughly laboured, will bee
114.H06.007 Like Infancy or Age to mans firme stay
114.H06.008 Or early or->>and< late%Y,%Z Twylights[sic] for->>to< Midday.
114.H06.009 Men say, and truely, that they better bee
114.H06.010 (W.%5ch%6 bee enuyd then pittyd, therefore I
114.H06.011 Because I wish thee best doe thee enuy.
114.H06.012 O wouldst thou by like reason pitty mee!
114.H06.013 But care not for mee; I that neuer-->euer was
114.H06.014 In fortunes, or in Natures gifts, alas.
114.H06.015 (But %Yby%Z>%Vfor< thy Grace got in the Muses schoole)
114.H06.016 A Monster and a begger, am %Jnow%K a foole.|
114.H06.017 O how I greeue that late borne Modesty
114.H06.018 Hath got such roote in %Jall#soft%K[var:\>easy</) waxen harts
114.H06.019 That men may not themselues theyr owne good parts
114.H06.020 Extoll without suspect of surquedry?
114.H06.021 %YBut%Z#for, >%Vbut< thy selfe, no subiect can bee found
114.H06.022 Worthy thy Quill, or any quill resound
114.H06.023 Thy worth but thine. How good it were to see
114.H06.024 A poeme in thy prayse and writt by thee?
114.H06.025 Now if this Song bee too harsh for rime; yet as
114.H06.026 The Paynters badd God made a good diuell
114.H06.027 T'will bee good prose >%Val<though the verse bee evill
114.H06.028 If thou forget the rime as thou dost passe
114.H06.029 Then write that I may follow, and so bee
114.H06.030 Thy debto%5r%6, foyle, thy Eccho thy Zany
114.H06.031 I will bee thought, if mine like thine I shape
114.H06.032 All the worlds Lyon though I bee thy Ape.
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