The Procrustean bed of the needless bonds of rhyme

 Rhyme sure in needless bonds the poet ties,

Procrustus like, the ax or wheel applies,

To lop the mangled sense, or stretch it into size.

-- Edmund Smith (1672-1710)

The Restraint of "R"

 

 

 

Rhyme is a crutch that lifts the weak along,

Supports the feeble, but retards the strong.

-- Edmund Smith (1672-1710)