A
SONNET
.
Imitated
from
the
Spanish
of
LOPEZ
DE
VEGA
.
Mena
giana
tom.
iv
.
p.
176.
By
the
Same
.
CAPRICIOUS
W*
a
sonnet
needs
must
have
I
ne'er
was
so
put
to't
before
:
—
a
Sonnet
!
Why
,
fourteen
verses
must
be
spent
upon
it
;
'Tis
good
howe'er
t'
have
conquer'd
the
first
stave
.
Yet
I
shall
ne'er
find
rhymes
enough
by
half
,
Said
I
,
and
found
myself
i'th'
midst
o'the
second
.
If
twice
four
verses
were
but
fairly
reckon'd
,
I
should
turn
back
on
th'
hardest
part
and
laugh
.
Thus
far
with
good
success
I
think
I've
scribbled
,
And
of
the
twice
seven
lines
have
clean
got
o'er
ten
.
Courage
!
another
'll
finish
the
first
triplet
.
Thanks
to
thee
,
Muse
,
my
work
begins
to
shorten
.
There's
thirteen
lines
got
through
driblet
by
driblet
.
'Tis
done
!
count
how
you
will
,
I
warr'nt
there's
fourteen
.