Sonnet 8: In praise of musicke

No Poet crownd with euerliuing bayes
(Though Art like floods should from his knowledge flowe)
He could not write enough in Musicks prayse:
To which both man and Angels loue doe owe
If my bare knowledge ten times more did know,
And had ingrost all art from Pernas hill:
If all the Muses should their skils bestow
On me to amplifie my barren skill:
I might attempt in shew of my good wil,
In Musicks praise some idle lines to write:
But wanting iudgement and my accent ill,
I still should be vnworthy to indite.
And run my wit on ground, like ship on shealfe
For Musicks praise consisteth in it selfe.