The Works of Sir John Suckling in prose and verse/To my Friend Will. Davenant, upon his other Poems

by John Suckling

TO MY FRIEND WILL. DAVENANT, ON HIS OTHER POEMS

Thou hast redeem'd us, Will; and future times
Shall not account unto the age's crimes
Dearth of pure wit. Since the great lord of it,
Donne parted hence, no man has ever writ
So near him in 's own way: I would commend5
Particulars; but then, how should I end
Without a volume? Ev'ry line of thine
Would ask (to praise it right) twenty of mine.

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