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TO HIS FRIEND SELWYN IMAGE
UPON HIS GIVING HIM A COPY OF SUCKLING'S FRAGMENTA AUREA, THE EDITION OF 1658
To send brave Suckling's Muse so bright
Travelling for a friend's delight,
Is yours by right,
You, who can play and sing.
Upon as fair a string
To me comes like from like: shall I,
Shall I in Suckling's measure fondly try
To make reply?
Dispatching in such a strain
Like to like back again?
Travelling for a friend's delight,
Is yours by right,
You, who can play and sing.
Upon as fair a string
To me comes like from like: shall I,
Shall I in Suckling's measure fondly try
To make reply?
Dispatching in such a strain
Like to like back again?
That were an idle task for me!
The Muses grant their high degree
And dignity
Only to men of worth
In music and in mirth.
So, Muse of Suckling! To my friend,
Where, too, art thou: to him commend
Me to the end,
I from without thy ranks
Give him all hail and thanks.
The Muses grant their high degree
And dignity
Only to men of worth
In music and in mirth.
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Where, too, art thou: to him commend
Me to the end,
I from without thy ranks
Give him all hail and thanks.
London, 1900.
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