"Or with strange similes enrich each line, / Of herbes or beasts which Inde
or Affrick hold." is the best thing in that poem.
'inde or affrick' in particular.
KS
On 11/01/07, Jon Corelis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Let dainty wits crie on the Sisters nine,
> That, brauely maskt, their fancies may be told;
> Or, Pindars apes, flaunt they in phrases fine,
> Enam'ling with pied flowers their thoughts of gold;
> Or else let them in statlier glorie shine,
> Ennobling new-found tropes with problemes old;
> Or with strange similes enrich each line,
> Of herbes or beasts which Inde or Affrick hold.
> For me, in sooth, no Muse but one I know,
> Phrases and problems from my reach do grow;
> And strange things cost too deare for my poor sprites.
> How then? euen thus: in Stellaes face I reed
> What Loue and Beautie be; then all my deed
> But copying is, what in her Nature writes.
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> -- Sir Philip Sidney
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