O THOU which to search out the secret parts <br />Of the India, or rather Paradise <br />Of knowledge, hast with courage and advice <br />Lately launch'd into the vast sea of arts ; <br />Disdain not in thy constant travelling <br />To do as other voyagers, and make <br />Some turns into less creeks, and wisely take <br />Fresh water at the Heliconian spring. <br />I sing not, siren-like, to tempt, for I <br />Am harsh ; nor as those schismatics with you, <br />Which draw all wits of good hope to their crew ; <br />But seeing in you bright sparks of poetry, <br />I, though I brought no fuel, had desire <br />With these articulate blasts to blow the fire.<br /><br />John Donne<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-mr-samuel-brooke/
