The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton For the First Time Collected and Edited: With Memorial-Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Glossarial Index, Facsimilies, &c. By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. In Two Volumes |
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, that wouldst finde the habit of true passion,
And see a minde attir'd in perfect straines;
No twearing moodes, as gallants doe a fashion,
In these pide times, only to shewe their braines,
And see a minde attir'd in perfect straines;
No twearing moodes, as gallants doe a fashion,
In these pide times, only to shewe their braines,
Looke here on Bretons Worke, the master print:
Where, such perfections to the life doe rise;
If they seeme wry, to such as looke asquint,
The fault's not in the object, but their eyes.
Where, such perfections to the life doe rise;
If they seeme wry, to such as looke asquint,
The fault's not in the object, but their eyes.
For, as one comming with a laterall viewe
Vnto a cunning piece wrought perspectiue,
Wants facultie to make a censure true;
So with this Authors readers will it thriue:
Vnto a cunning piece wrought perspectiue,
Wants facultie to make a censure true;
So with this Authors readers will it thriue:
Which, being eyed directly, I diuine
His proofe their praise, will meet, as in this line.
His proofe their praise, will meet, as in this line.
Ben: Iohnson.
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