To the No Less Ingenious then Ingenuous Mr. John Dun
D VNNE is the mouse (they say) and thou art Dunne:
But no dunne mouse thou art: yet art thou one
That (like a mouse) in steepe high-waies dost runne,
To finde foode for thy Muse to prey vpon
Whose pallat is so dainty in her taste,
That she distasts the least vnsauory bit:
But that's vnlike a mowse, for he will wast
All in his way, and oft himselfe with it:
Not much vnlike some poets of our times,
That spoile good paper with their byting pen,
Like this of mine: but yet my doggrell rimes
Do byte at none but monsters like to men:
And that (I know) thy pen hath rightly donne,
Which doing right makes bright the name of Dunne.
But no dunne mouse thou art: yet art thou one
That (like a mouse) in steepe high-waies dost runne,
To finde foode for thy Muse to prey vpon
Whose pallat is so dainty in her taste,
That she distasts the least vnsauory bit:
But that's vnlike a mowse, for he will wast
All in his way, and oft himselfe with it:
Not much vnlike some poets of our times,
That spoile good paper with their byting pen,
Like this of mine: but yet my doggrell rimes
Do byte at none but monsters like to men:
And that (I know) thy pen hath rightly donne,
Which doing right makes bright the name of Dunne.
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