TO A (soon to be) HUNG POET

Plowman of his own field of

Gray; recondite words his

Sword for the prey. His lustful

pen makes a certain Venus stray.

With her deliquesced bosom, I fear

He might play.


O poet! In ink your weapon

Dip you may, in vengeance

I dip mine. Bleed her purple,

Or a foul word say; I'll drag

A poet like ye, for the

Epitaph for ye own shrine.


O poet! The tocsin of ye death,

Is loudly rung. Your doll is ma

Lady, beware poet, beware.

Scratch her an inch, the

Maple on ye flagitious field

Will bear ye body; neatly hung.