Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects Occasionally Composed By An Eminent Author. Collected and Published by Sergeant-Major P. F. [i.e. James Howell] |
Upon the Exquisit Romance of the Bishop of Bellay,
Made English out of the French,
By Serjeant-Major John Wright
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Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects | ||
Upon the Exquisit Romance of the Bishop of Bellay, Made English out of the French, By Serjeant-Major John Wright
My Wit lay fallow, and my teeming BrainThought to repose a while from any strain
Of Poetizing, till the Air of France
Rowz'd up my Fancy by this new Romance;
Which for variety, for substance, sence,
For rich Invention, and neat Eloquence,
And now in point of Version may compare
With any of this kind though nere so rare.
Original and Coppy co-excel,
The Prelat and the Souldier share the Bell:
In Toung they differ, but for Mind and Will
They faithful are to one another still.
By this I find, which men do seldome see,
The Mitre with the Helmet may agree.
Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects | ||