A SONNET. Imitated from the Spanish of LOPEZ DE VEGA. Menagiana tom. iv. p. 176. Richard Roderick Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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A SONNET . Imitated from the Spanish of LOPEZ DE VEGA . Mena giana tom. iv . p. 176. By the Same . CAPRICIOUS W* a sonnet needs must have I ne'er was so put to't before : — a Sonnet ! Why , fourteen verses must be spent upon it ; 'Tis good howe'er t' have conquer'd the first stave . Yet I shall ne'er find rhymes enough by half , Said I , and found myself i'th' midst o'the second . If twice four verses were but fairly reckon'd , I should turn back on th' hardest part and laugh . Thus far with good success I think I've scribbled , And of the twice seven lines have clean got o'er ten . Courage ! another 'll finish the first triplet . Thanks to thee , Muse , my work begins to shorten . There's thirteen lines got through driblet by driblet . 'Tis done ! count how you will , I warr'nt there's fourteen .