Maxioms by Ben Jonson
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
He was not of an age, but for all time!
And all the Muses still were in their prime,
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He was not of an age, but for all time!
And all the Muses still were in their prime,
When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm
Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm!
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
Her treading would not bend a blade of grass,
Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk!
Her treading would not bend a blade of grass,
Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk!
