VIII. Which is not to buy your laurel IX. Whereas do I ne'er so little Should I give my woes an airing, Where's one plague that claims respect? Dolls which boys' heads duck and bob to, XII. My experience being other, How should I contribute verse Worthy of your king and brother? Balaam-like I bless, not curse. 60 70 80 90 Doubtless I am pushed and shoved by "But the low come close:" what then? Simpletons? My match is Marlowe ; Sciolists? My mate is Ben. Blessings on my benefactress! Cursings suit for aught I know— Those who twitched her by the back tress, Tugged and thought to turn her — so! 120 XVI. Therefore, since no leg to stand on Hope or care you name me Chief! Lived and liked, not poohed and pished! SH HOUSE. I. HALL I sonnet-sing you about myself? Is it scant of gear, has it store of pelf? "Unlock my heart with a sonnet-key?" II. Invite the world, as my betters have done? Its private apartment and bedroom too; III. "For a ticket, apply to the Publisher." A peep thro' my window, if folk prefer; But, please you, no foot over threshold of mine! IV. I have mixed with a crowd and heard free talk V. The whole of the frontage shaven sheer, VI. The owner? Oh, he had been crushed, no doubt! "Odd tables and chairs for a man of wealth! What a parcel of musty old books about! He smoked, no wonder he lost his health! VII. "I doubt if he bathed before he dressed. A brasier? — the pagan, he burned perfumes! You see it is proved, what the neighbours guessed: His wife and himself had separate rooms." 20 VIII. Friends, the goodman of the house at least IX. Outside should suffice for evidence: X. Hoity toity! A street to explore, Your house the exception! With this same key Shakespeare unlocked his heart,' once more!" Did Shakespeare? If so, the less Shakespeare he! 30 40 SHOP. I. O, So, friend, your shop was all your house! Its front, astonishing the street, Invited view from man and mouse Behind its glass - the single sheet! II. What gimcracks, genuine Japanese: III. I thought "And he who owns the wealth IV. If wide and showy thus the shop, What must the habitation prove? The true house with no name a-topThe mansion, distant one remove, Once get him off his traffic groove! V. Pictures he likes, or books perhaps; And as for buying most and best, VI. Some suburb-palace, parked about ΙΟ 20 30 |