Who seek Phobus at mid-day with a lantern,

Who scratch their French so much that they tear it all to tatters,

Blaming everything which is easy only to their own taste.= *****

Rules displease me, I write confusedly;

A good mind never does anything except easily.


I wish to make verses which shall not be constrained,

To send forth my mind beyond petty designs,

To seek out secret places where nothing displeases me,