...Mercury, to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ; Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspere, must enjoy a part : — For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion...

...Poem is, in general, Fiiff and uncouth; yet we perceive great sincerity and warmth of praise in it. The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence,...lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Yet must 1 not give nature <?//; thy art,* My gentle Shakespeare must enjoy a part : Tor, though the Poet's...

...Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ; Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please ; A little nearer Spenser; to make room But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's...

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...1600. Malone. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines; Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Vet must I not give Nature all; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part:*— For, though the...

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...Mercury to charm ! Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ! Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...nature be, His art doth give the fashion : and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon...

...Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines; Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part1: — Marlowe's having trod the stage. He was stabbed in the street, and died of the wound, in...

...creates, and Shakspeare disdained not to borrow the mere plots and circumstances of his stories. " Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle...matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion." Shakspeare invaded the territories of others with a monarch's power, and that which had been desert,...