SONNET 78	PARAPHRASE
So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse,	So often have you been an inspiration
And found such fair assistance in my verse,	and a great help to my poetry,
As every alien pen hath got my use,	and other writers as well,
And under thee their poesy disperse.	write under your name, having been inspired by you.
Thine eyes, that taught the dumb on high to sing,	Your eyes have taught the crude to sing,
And heavy ignorance aloft to fly,	and the ignorant to soar,
Have added feathers to the learned's wing,	have given added 'feathers' of inspiration,
And given grace a double majesty.	and enhanced grace with more strength and majesty.
Yet be most proud of that which I compile,	Be proud of what I have written,
Whose influence is thine, and born of thee.	whose influence is you, and stems from you.
In others' works thou dost but mend the style,	In works by others you help mend their writing,
And arts with thy sweet graces graced be,	and bless their art with your beauty and grace,
But thou art all my art, and dost advance	but you are all of my art, and raise
As high as learning my rude ignorance.	my ignorance as high as their learning.