Classic Poem

Amongst the poets Dacus numbered is,
Yet could he never make an English rhyme;
But some prose speeches I have heard of his,
Which have been spoken many a hundred time.
The man that keeps the elephant hath one,
Wherein he tells the wonders of the beast.
Another Banks pronounced long agone,
When he his curtal's qualities expressed.
He first taught him that keeps the monuments
At Westminster his formal tale to say,
And also him which puppets represents,
And also him which with the ape doth play.
Though all his poetry be like to this,
Amongst the poets Dacus numbered is.