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Venus and Adonis - DedicationDedication
Vilia miretur vulgus: mihi flavus Apollo
Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.
I know not how I shall offend in dedicating my unpolished lines toPocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE
Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton,
and Baron of Titchfield.
Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton,
and Baron of Titchfield.
Right Honorable,
your Lordship, nor how the world will censure me for choosing so
strong a prop to support so weak a burden; only if your Honor seem
but pleased, I account myself highly praised and vow to take advantage
of all idle hours till I have honored you with some graver labor.
But if the first heir of my invention prove deformed, I shall be sorry it
had so noble a godfather and never after ear so barren a land, for fear it
yield me still so bad a harvest. I leave it to your honorable survey, and
your Honor to your heart’s content, which I wish may always answer
your own wish and the world’s hopeful expectation.
Your Honor’s in all duty,
William Shakespeare.