Michael Drayton - Sonnet XXXI: Methinks I See

Michael Drayton - Sonnet XXXI: Methinks I See

To the Critic br br Methinks I see some crooked mimic jeer, br And tax my Muse with this fantastic grace, br Turning my papers asks, "What have we here?" br Making withal some filthy antic face. br I fear no censure, nor what thou canst say, br Nor shall my spirit one jot of vigor lose; br Think'st thou my wit shall keep the pack-horse way br That every dudgen low invention goes? br Since sonnets thus in bundles are imprest br And every drudge doth dull our satiate ear, br Think'st thou my love shall in those rags be drest br That every dowdy, every trull, doth wear? br Up to my pitch no common judgement flies; br I scorn all earthly dung-bred scarabies.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-07

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