NO more of talk w
ith his Friend, familiar usd
to sit indulgent, and ake
Rural repast, permitting he while
Venial discourse unblamd: I no change [ 5 ]
tes to tragic; foul distrust, and breach
Disloyal on t of Man, revolt,
And disobedience: On t of heavn
Noed, distance and distaste,
Anger and just rebuke, and judgement givn, [ 10 ]
t brougo this orld a world of woe,
Sinne and h, and Miserie
Deatask, yet argument
Not less but more h
Of stern Achilles on his Foe pursud [ 15 ]
tive about troy all; or rage
Of turnus for Lavinia disespousd,
Or Neptuns ire or Junos, t so long
Perplexd thereas Son;
If ansyle I can obtaine [ 20 ]
Of my Celestial Patroness, who deignes
ly visitation unimplord,
And dictates to me slumbring, or inspires
Easie my unpremeditated Verse:
Since first t for heroic Song [ 25 ]
Pleasd me long ce;
Not sedulous by Nature to indite
arrs, o t
rie to dissect
itedious s [ 30 ]
In Battels feignd; tter fortitude
Of Patience and yrdom
Unsung; or to describe Races and Games,
Or tilting Furniture, emblazond Shields,
Impreses quaint, Caparisons and Steeds; [ 35 ]
Bases and tinsel trappings, gorgious Knights
At Joust and torneament; t
Servd up in h Sewers, and Seneshals;
tifice or Office mean,
Not t wly gives heroic name [ 40 ]
to Person or to Poem. Mee of these
Nor skilld nor studious,
Remaines, sufficient of it self to raise
t name, unless an age too late, or cold
Climat, or Years damp my intended wing [ 45 ]
Deprest, and muchey may, if all be mine,
Not nigo my Ear.