To Mr. Henry Cary, on the Publication of His Sonnets

Praised be the poet who the sonnet's claim, Severest of the orders that belong Distinct and separate to the Delphic song, Shall venerate, nor its appropriate name Lawless assume. Peculiar is its frame From him derived who shunned the city throng And warbled sweet thy rocks and streams among, Lonely Valclusa!-- and that heir of fame, Our greater Milton, hath by many a lay Formed on that arduous model, fully shown The English verse may happily display Those strict energic measures, which alone Deserve the name of sonnet, and convey A grandeur, grace, and spirit all their own.