The Poetaster by Ben Jonson
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Ovid. No, good Tibullus, I'm not now in case. Pray let me alone.
Tib. How! Not in case? Slight, thou'rt in too much case, by all this law. Ovid. Troth, if I live, I will new dress the law In sprightly Poesy's habiliments. Tib. The hell thou wilt! What! turn law into verse Thy father has school'd thee, I see. Here, read that same; There's subject for you; and, if I mistake not, A supersedeas to your melancholy. Ovid. How! subscribed Julia! O my life, my heaven! Tib. Is the mood changed ? Ovid. Music of wit! note for th' harmonious spheres! Celestial accents, how you ravish me! Tib. What is it, Ovid? Ovid. That I must meet my Julia, the princess Julia. Tib. Where? Ovid. Why, at--- Heart, I've forgot; my passion so transports me. |
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