Hispania Ulterior Canto I.

1  

Is not to follow an antiquated poetic device,

Rather alike naught but untold vice?

Musty old books, collecting lice?

Counting not once nor twice but thrice!

2

Howe'er here be collected thoughts,

Regal'd to you, feel not so distraught!

That if amusement here be sought,

A hardback version need not be bought!

3

One more thing shouldst I have to say,

Then from dear old Britannia shall I be on my way,

That in jest these words of mine,

Have releas'd me from an untold crime.

4

That little of Hispanic life be known, 

Naught but cliché, falsely shown,

So I now venture -set the record straight,

To tell of diverse lands, seemeth my fate!