Of Silken Speech and Specious Shoe 1
A Traitor is the Bee
His service to the newest Grace
Present continually
His Suit a chance 5
His Troth a Term
Protracted as the Breeze
Continual Ban propoundeth He
Continual Divorce.
A Traitor is the Bee
His service to the newest Grace
Present continually
His Suit a chance 5
His Troth a Term
Protracted as the Breeze
Continual Ban propoundeth He
Continual Divorce.
(F.1078/J.896)
[1] Specious:: showy, pleasing in form. Shoe:: position, condition.
[2] Bee:: a sweet writer (OED 3), whose writing style is sweeter than honey.
[3] newest Grace:: latest charming topics.
[5–9] The writer will suit himself to a popular topic, with it and then against it continuously.
[5] Suit:: fitness of his writing to the new topic.
[7] Protracted, Breeze:: extended lines like a rumor.
[8] Ban:: notice of a proposed marriage.
[9] Divorce:: separation.
