Не соревнуюсь я с творцами од, Которые раскрашенным богиням В подарок преподносят небосвод Со всей землей и океаном синим. Пускай они для украшенья строф В любви и в слове – правда мой закон, Я не хочу хвалить любовь мою, – |
So is it not with me as with that Muse, Stirred by a painted beauty to his verse, Who heaven itself for ornament doth use And every fair with his fair doth rehearse, Making a couplement of proud compare O! let me, true in love, but truly write, Let them say more that like of hearsay well; |