“If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shin'd, The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind! Or ravish'd with the…”

“In life's morning march, when my bosom was young.”

“And hence one master-passion in the breast, Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest.”

“Delivers in such apt and gracious words That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings…”

“No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift…”

“As sweet and musical As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair; And when Love speaks, the voice…”