To Plara's sonnets spoilt by toying with,

"As knops that stud some almug to the pith

Prickèd for gum, wry thence, and crinklèd worse

Than pursèd eyelids of a river-horse

Sunning himself o' the slime when whirrs the breeze"—

Gad-fly, that is. He might compete with these!

But—but—

"Observe a pompion-twine afloat;

Pluck me one cup from off the castle-moat!

Which the best judges account for.