Possible Clues:

• Too before the tempo's slow
• Article by Italian writer going fairly slowly
• Work not to be rushed from a new poet
• An initial bit with that infernal poet could be rather slow, by the sound of it
• Unhurried pace of a new comedy writer?
• Man put in money for bet slowly
• Sort of slow
• A new poet progressing slowly
• An Italian poet - not Swift
• Slow and steady, musically