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To Ben Jonson.
I was not born to Helicon, nor dare Presume to think myself a Muse's heir.
I have no title to Parnassus Hill Nor any acre of it by the will Of a dead ancestor, nor could I be Ought but a tenant unto poetry.
But thy adoption quits me of all fear.
And makes me challenge a child's portion there.
I am akin to heroes, being thine, And part of my alliance is divine, Orpheus, Musseus, Homer too, beside Thy brothers by the Roman mother's side ; As Ovid, Virgil, and the Latin lyre That is... so like thee, Horace ; the whole quire Of poets are, by thy adoption, all My uncles ; thou hast given me power to call Phoebus himself my grandsire ; by this grant Each sister of the Nine is made my aunt.
VOL. II. Q 2 26 THE ENGLISH PORTS.
Go, you that reckon from a large descent Your lineal honours, and are well content To glory .in the age of your great name, Though on a herald's' faith you build the same : I do not envy you, nor think you blest Though you may bear a Gorgon on your crest By direct line from Perseus ; I will boast No further than my father ; that 's the most I can, or should be proud of; and I were Unworthy his adoption, if that here I should be dully modest.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
To Ben Jonson.
I was not born to Helicon, nor dare Presume to think myself a Muse's heir.
I have no title to Parnassus Hill Nor any acre of it by the will Of a dead ancestor, nor could I be Ought but a tenant unto poetry.
But thy adoption quits me of all fear.
And makes me challenge a child's portion there.
I am akin to heroes, being thine, And part of my alliance is divine, Orpheus, Musseus, Homer too, beside Thy brothers by the Roman mother's side ; As Ovid, Virgil, and the Latin lyre That is... so like thee, Horace ; the whole quire Of poets are, by thy adoption, all My uncles ; thou hast given me power to call Phoebus himself my grandsire ; by this grant Each sister of the Nine is made my aunt.
VOL. II. Q 2 26 THE ENGLISH PORTS.
Go, you that reckon from a large descent Your lineal honours, and are well content To glory .in the age of your great name, Though on a herald's' faith you build the same : I do not envy you, nor think you blest Though you may bear a Gorgon on your crest By direct line from Perseus ; I will boast No further than my father ; that 's the most I can, or should be proud of; and I were Unworthy his adoption, if that here I should be dully modest.
What to read after The English Poets;?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Thomas Humphry Ward to read onlineMoreLess
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