<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391889" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To the true patronesse of all Poetrie,</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">IT is a statute in deepe wisdomes lore, <br>That for his lines none should a patro[n] chuse <br>By wealth or pouerty, by lesse or more, <br>But who the same is able to peruse; <br>Nor ought a man his labours dedicate, <br>Without a true and sensible desert, <br>To any power of such a mighty state, <br>And such a wise Defendresse as thou art. <br>Thou great and powerfull Muse, then pardon mee, <br>That I presume the Mayden-cheeke to stayne, <br>In dedicating such a work to thee, <br>Sprung from the issue of an idle brayne. <br>I vse thee as a woman ought to be: <br>I consecrate my idle howres 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=391889" data-title="To the true patronesse of all Poetrie, de Francis Beaumont" data-description="IT is a statute in deepe wisdomes lore, That for his lines none should a patro[n] chuse By wealth or pouerty, by lesse or more, But who the same is able to peruse; Nor ought a man his labours dedicate, Without a true and sensible desert, To ..."></div> </div> </div>

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