Philoxenus now does surpass by far
All other poets. First of all he everywhere
Uses new words peculiar to himself;
And then how cleverly doth he mix his melodies
With every kind of change and modification!
Surely he is a god among weak men,
And a most thorough judge of music too.
But poets of the present day patch up
Phrases of ivy and fountains into verse,
And borrow old expressions, talking of