Upon a Table-Book presented to a Lady
Henry King 1592 (Worminghall, Buckinghamshire) – 1669 (Chichester)
VVhen your fair hand receives this little book
You must not there for prose or verses look.
Those empty regions which within you see,
May by your self planted and peopled be:
And though we scarce allow your sex to prove
Writers (unless the Argument be Love);
Yet without crime or envy you have roome
Here, both the Scribe and Author to become.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 351 |
Words | 65 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
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