Neglected Genius A Poem. Illustrating the Untimely And Unfortunate Fate Of Many British Poets; From the Period of Henry the Eighth to the Aera of the Unfortunate Chatterton. Containing Imitations of their Different Styles, &c. &c. By W. H. Ireland |
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IN IMITATION OF THE STYLE OF EDMUND SPENSER. |
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Sonnet IN IMITATION OF THE STYLE OF EDMUND SPENSER.
Sweet impe of faerie land, wou'd I mote praiseThy heav'nly fancy with poetic mind;
Would I mote herie with thy soaring lays,
Descrive my thoughts in virelays refin'd,
Showing the bard and scholar both combin'd;
So should I think myself renown'd for ever:
But, weal-away , 'tis not for me design'd,
Apollo's mandate did the spell dissever;
Thy rimes, great Spenser, I shall equal never:
Thou the proud sun, beaming magnifick splendor;
Myself the star, scarce twinkling what is clever,
Glad at thy baies my weak wit to surrender:
Then all I hope is, from thy glitterand beames
To gild my little orb with radiant gleams.
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