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Epigram. 87. To George Chapman.
George , it is thy Genius innated,Thou pick'st not flowers from anothers field,
Stolne Similies or Sentences translated,
Nor seekest, but what thine owne soile doth yield:
Let barren wits go borrow what to write,
'Tis bred and borne with thee what thou inditest,
And our Comedians thou out-strippest quite,
And all the Hearers more then all delightest,
With vnaffected Stile and sweetest Straine,
Thy in-ambitious Pen keeps on her pace,
And commeth near'st the ancient Commicke vaine,
Thou hast be guilde vs all of that sweet grace:
No Chapman but thy selfe were to be sought.
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