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Not worthy to carry the buckler unto him.
Not worthy to carry the buckler unto him.
They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?
They say comparisons are odious. I say: compared to what?
Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.
Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.
Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.
Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.
Some say, that Seignior Bononchini
Compar'd to Handel's a mere Ninny;
Others aver, to him, that Handel
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Some say, that Seignior Bononchini
Compar'd to Handel's a mere Ninny;
Others aver, to him, that Handel
Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.
Strange! that such high Disputes shou'd be
'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.
[It., L'ape e la serpe spesso
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The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.
[It., L'ape e la serpe spesso
Suggon l'istesso umore.]
'Tis light translateth night; 'tis inspiration
Expounds experience; 'tis the west explains
The east; 'tis time unfolds read more
'Tis light translateth night; 'tis inspiration
Expounds experience; 'tis the west explains
The east; 'tis time unfolds Eternity.
