Even as great Macchiavel, shut fast from all,
His court dress donned to visit his invention,
So I, when the commanding Muse doth call,
Give to the wide world sleep and inattentio
I close the door to all the man in me,
To friend, relation, countryman and self,
Closeting myself with eternity
And both the good and ill of me do shel
I strive to please Athena, not mankin 
No time shall call me out, or place seduce, 
Nor ache to please, nor fear to offend me blind 
To the great passion for true beauty's us
Mine own self I displease, if it so fit 
The claiming tyranny and press of wi