His metre:
“And this I’ll say of Peter, to his face,
As ’twas, time past, of Vanbrugh writ—
Peter has often wanted grace,
But he has never wanted wit.
“Yet I will tell you a plain tale,
And see how far quaint measure will prevail:”
His metre:
“And this I’ll say of Peter, to his face,
As ’twas, time past, of Vanbrugh writ—
Peter has often wanted grace,
But he has never wanted wit.
“Yet I will tell you a plain tale,
And see how far quaint measure will prevail:”