579 Vouchsafe in worth this small gift to receive,
in worth > in good part; at its true value
580 Which in your noble hands for pledge I leave
for pledge > as a token
581 Of all the rest, that I am tied to account: 582 Rude rhymes, which a rustic Muse did weave
Rude > {Unpolished, lacking in literary skill}
583 In savage soil, far from Parnasso Mount,
savage soil > (Cf. I:513)
Parnasso Mount > (Mount Parnassus, chief seat of Apollo, god of song
and music, and leader of the Muses)
584 And roughly wrought in an unlearned loom:
wrought > worked