Ed mund ▁Sp enser ) ▁Har vey ▁says ▁that ▁Edward ▁D yer ▁and ▁Philip ▁Sid ney ▁were ▁helping ▁forward ▁" our ▁new ▁famous ▁enter prise ▁for ▁the ▁ex ch anging ▁of ▁Bar bar ous ▁and ▁Bal duct um ▁R ym es ▁with ▁Art ific ial ▁Vers es ." ▁The ▁letter ▁includes ▁a ▁te pid ▁appreci ation ▁of ▁Sp enser ' s ▁Fa erie ▁Que ene ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁sent ▁to ▁him ▁for ▁his ▁opinion , ▁and ▁he ▁gives ▁examples ▁of ▁English ▁hex am eters ▁illustr ative ▁of ▁the ▁principles ▁en unci ated ▁in ▁the ▁correspond ence . ▁The ▁opening ▁lines --" What ▁might ▁I ▁call ▁this ▁Tree ? ▁A ▁La ure ll ? ▁O ▁bon ny ▁La ure ll ▁Ne edes ▁to ▁thy ▁bow es ▁will ▁I ▁bow ▁this ▁kne e , ▁and ▁v ay le ▁my ▁bon etto " — aff ord ▁a ▁fair ▁sample ▁of ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁Har vey ' s ▁met rical ▁experiments , ▁which ▁were ▁an ▁easy ▁mark ▁for ▁the ▁wit ▁of ▁Thomas ▁Nas he . ▁" He ▁( Har vey ) ▁goes ▁tw itch ing ▁and ▁ho pping ▁in ▁our ▁language ▁like ▁a ▁man ▁running ▁upon ▁qu ag m ires , ▁up ▁the ▁hill ▁in ▁one ▁sy ll able , ▁and ▁down ▁the ▁d ale ▁in ▁another ," ▁says ▁Nas he ▁in ▁Str ange ▁New es , ▁and ▁he ▁m im ics ▁him ▁in ▁the ▁mock ing ▁couple t : ▁" But ▁ah ▁! ▁what ▁news ▁do ▁you ▁hear ▁of ▁that ▁good ▁Gabriel ▁H uff - S