There have been many most excellent poets that never versified, and now swarm many versifiers that need never answer to the name of poets. An Apology of Poetry, or The Defence of Poesy (1595)
Poetry, a speaking picture... to teach and delight An Apology of Poetry, or The Defence of Poesy (1595)
Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done; neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling flowers, nor whatsoever else may make the too-much-loved earth more lovely; her world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden.