Caelica - Sonnet 24
Painting, the eloquence of dumbe conceipt ,
When it would figure forth confused passion,
Hauing no tables for the Worlds receipt,
With few parts of a few, doth many fashion.
Who then would figure Worthinesse disgraced,
Nature and Wit imprisoned, or sterued,
Kindnesse a scorne, and Courtesie defaced,
If he doe well paint Want, hath well deserued.
But who, his Art in worlds of woe, would proue,
Let him within his heart but cipher Loue.
When it would figure forth confused passion,
Hauing no tables for the Worlds receipt,
With few parts of a few, doth many fashion.
Who then would figure Worthinesse disgraced,
Nature and Wit imprisoned, or sterued,
Kindnesse a scorne, and Courtesie defaced,
If he doe well paint Want, hath well deserued.
But who, his Art in worlds of woe, would proue,
Let him within his heart but cipher Loue.
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