> Hello Grasshopper,
This I like very much. Apart from being very amusing it´s also very skilfully put together.
Best wishes, Mike
> Lähettäjä: grasshopper <[log in to unmask]>
> Päiväys: 2004/02/15 su PM 06:26:50 GMT+02:00
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> Aihe: New sub: Casting Pearls
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> Casting Pearls
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>
> As Shakespeare wrote, forsooth, so shall I write.
> His robe up lifting, I'll his voice assume,
> My verse infuse with his poetic might,
> And mind me not that Moderns fret and fume.
> Like Circe's pets, they scorn my polished feats
> And grunt at each inversion and elision;
> Such Swine will call Time-tempered touches, cheats,
> And claim Tradition's sweets may need revision.
> These Creatures value not my antique jew'ls:
> "'Tis not contemporary speech.", they cry.
> I write for the Elite, not vulgar Fools;
> The more I Shakespeare ape, the more Bard, I.
> Enough! I have great Sonnets to compose.
> Bring me my quill, my doublet and my hose.
>
> grasshopper
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