GetPassage urn:cts:latinLit:phi0959.phi001.perseus-eng2:2.18.21-2.18.30 urn:cts:latinLit:phi0959.phi001.perseus-eng2:2.18.21-2.18.30

I'm conquer'd, and renounce the glorious trainOf arms, and war, to sing of love again:My themes are acts, which I myself have done,And my muse sings no battles but my own.Once I confess I did the drama try,And ventur'd with success on tragedy;My genius with a moving scene agrees,And if I ventured further I might please:But love my heroics makes a jest,And laughs to see me in my buskins drest.