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114.Y03.001 All haile sweete Poett full of more stronge fire
114.Y03.002 then hath or shall inkindle any spiritt
114.Y03.003 I loued w%5t%6: nature gaue, butt this merritt
114.Y03.004 of witt & arte I loue nott butt admire
114.Y03.005 Whoe haue before or shall write after thee
114.Y03.006 there workes (though throughly laboured) will bee
114.Y03.007 Like infancye or age to mans firme stay
114.Y03.008 or early or late twilight to midday
114.Y03.009 Men say & truly y%5t%6 they better bee
114.Y03.010 w%5ch%6 bee enuyed then pittyed therefore I
114.Y03.011 Because I wish thee best doe thee enuie
114.Y03.012 oh wouldst thou by like reason pitty mee
114.Y03.013 Butt care nott for mee I y%5t%6 neu%5r%6 was
114.Y03.014 in natures & in fortunes giftes (alas)
114.Y03.015 (Before thy grace gott in y%5e%6 Muses schoole
114.Y03.016 a monster & a begger am now a foole
114.Y03.017 Oh how I greiue y%5t%6 late borne modestie
114.Y03.018 hath gott such roote in easie waxen heartes
114.Y03.019 That men may nott y%Mselues there owne good partes
114.Y03.020 extoll w%5th%6outt sus%Ys%Zpect of %1Surquedry%2
114.Y03.021 ffor butt thy selfe noe subiect can bee found
114.Y03.022 worthy thy quill, nor any quill resound
114.Y03.023 Thy worth butt thine, how good ytt were to see
114.Y03.024 a Poem in thy prayse & writt by thee
114.Y03.025 Now if this songe bee to harsh for rime yett as
114.Y03.026 the painters badd god made a good Diuell
114.Y03.027 Twill bee good prose although y%5e%6 verse bee euill
114.Y03.028 if thou forgett y%5e%6 rime as thou dost passe [CW:Then]
114.Y03.029 Then write y%5t%6 I may follow & soe bee [p.56]
114.Y03.030 thy debter, thy foyle, thy %1Eccho%2 thy Zanie
114.Y03.031 I shall bee thought if mine like thine I shape
114.Y03.032 all y%5e%6 worldes Lyon though I bee thy Ape
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