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ALPHONSUS
/VENUS. POETS ARE SCARCE, WHEN GODDESSES THEMSELVES A31010
ARE FORST +TO LEAVE THEIR HIGH AND STATELY SEATES, A31020
PLACED ON THE TOP OF HIGH /OLYMPUS MOUNT, A31030
+TO SEEKE THEM OUT, +TO PEN THEIR CHAMPIONS PRAISE. A31040
THE TIME HATH BENE WHEN /HOMERS SUGRED MUSE, A31050
DID MAKE EACH ECCHO +TO REPEATE HIS VERSE, A31060
THAT EVERY COWARD THAT DURST CRACK A SPEARE, A32010
AND TILT AND TURNEY FOR HIS LADIES SAKE, A32020
WAS PAINTED OUT IN COLOURS OF SUCH PRICE A32030
AS MIGHT BECOME THE PROUDEST POTENTATE. A32040
BUT NOW A DAYES SO YRKSOME IDLESS SLIGHTS, A32050
AND CURSED CHARMES HAVE WITCH'D EACH STUDENTS MIND, A32060
THAT DEATH IT IS + . . .
