<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391888" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To The True Patroness of all Poetry, Calliope</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It is a statute in deep wisdom's lore,<br>That for his lines none should a patron chuse<br>By wealth and poverty, by less or more,<br>But who the same is able to peruse:<br>Nor ought a man his labour dedicate,<br>Without a true and sensible desert,<br>To any power of such a mighty state<br>But such a wise defendress as thou art<br>Thou great and powerful Muse, then pardon me<br>That I presume thy maiden cheek to stain<br>In dedicating such a work to thee,<br>Sprung from the issue of an idle brain:<br> I use thee as a woman ought to be,<br> I consecrate my idle hours to thee.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Beaumont">Francis Beaumont</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391888" data-title="To The True Patroness of all Poetry, Calliope de Francis Beaumont" data-description="It is a statute in deep wisdom's lore, That for his lines none should a patron chuse By wealth and poverty, by less or more, But who the same is able to peruse: Nor ought a man his labour dedicate, Without a true and sensible desert, To any power ..."></div> </div> </div>

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