They carp at what they can’t attain.
My fame’s secure, since I can show
How men of eminence like you,
My little book transcribe and quote,
As like to live of classic note.
It is th’ ambition of my pen
To win th’ applause of learned men.
[I. Demetrius and Menander.]
If Esop’s name at any time
I bring into this measured rhyme,