Caelica, Sonnet XXIV

PAinting, the eloquence of dumbe conceipt,
When it would figure forth confused passion,
Hauing no tables for the Worlds receipt,
With few parts of a few, doth many fashion.
Who then would figure Worthinesse disgraced,
Nature and Wit imprisoned, or sterued,
Kindnesse a scorne, and Courtesie defaced,
If he doe well paint Want, hath well deserued.
But who, his Art in worlds of woe, would proue,
Let him within his heart but cipher Loue.