 Tis miracle to see a first good play ; All hawthorns do not bloom on Christmas-day. A slender poet must have time to grow, And spread and burnish as his brothers do. Who still looks lean, sure with some mark is cursed ; But no man can be Falstaff-fat...  The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Page 293by William Shakespeare - 1821Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1778 - 438 pages
...1 4 l Shakespeare's own Muse her Pericles first hore; The prince of Tyre was elder than the Mosre. 'Tis miracle to see a first good play : All hawthorns do not bloqm on Christmas.day. A slender poet must have time to grow, 4O And spread and burnish as his brothers... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 326 pages
...afraid, C. And each was guilty of fome (lighted maid. J Shakefpcare's own Mufe h:r Pericles firft bore; The prince of Tyre was elder than the Moor : 'Tis miracle to fee a firft good ;>'ay ; All hawthorns do not bloom on Chriftmas-day. A flender poet muft have time... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pages
...afraid ; " And each were guilty of some Slighted Maid. " Shakspere's own muse his Pericles first bore, " The Prince of Tyre was elder than The Moor. " 'Tis...Christmas-day. " A slender poet must have time to grow, 11 And spread and burnish as his brother* do : " Who The materials for ascertaining the order in which... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 312 pages
...afraid, And each was guilty of fome flighted maid. Shakefpeare's own Mufe her Pericles firft bore; The prince of Tyre was elder than the Moor : 'Tis miracle to fee a firft good play; All hawthorns do not bloom on Chriftmas-day, • - • A flender A flender poet... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1807 - 788 pages
...The • Moor ; Ti» miracle to see a first good play, All hawthorns do not bloom on Christ mas day. A slender poet must have time to grow, And spread and burnish as his brothers, do. VIRGIL. THE following, if not Virgil's own, is according to Scaliger, tiegantisimum fioctnatun et Virgilio... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 658 pages
...afraid, And each was guilty of fome flighted maid. Shakefpeare's own Mufe her Pericles firil (юге; The prince of Tyre was elder than the Moor; "Tis miracle to fee a firft good play; All hawthorns do not bloom on Chriftmas-day. A flender poet muft have time to... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...afraid, And each was guilty of some slighted maid. Shakespeare's own Muse her Pericles first bore; The prince of Tyre was elder than the Moor. 'Tis miracle...a first good play : All hawthorns do not bloom on Christmas day. A slender poet must have time to grow, And spread and burnish as his brothers do. Who... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807 - 786 pages
...Shakspearc's own muse lúe Pericial first bore, The Prince of Туп was elder than The Moor : , Ti* miracle to see a first good play, All hawthorns do not bloom on Christ. mas day. A slender poet must have time to grow, And spread and burnish as bis brothers do.... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 480 pages
...so great, as to warrant very strong doubts of its being the legitimate offspring of hi> muse at all. 'Tis miracle to see a first good play ; All hawthorns do not bloom on Christmas-day, f A slender poet must have time to grow, And spread and burnish as his brothers do. Who still looks... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 472 pages
...so great, as to warrant very strong doubts of its being the legitimate offspring of his muse at all. 'Tis miracle to see a first good play ; All hawthorns do not bloom on Christmas-day, f A slender poet must have time to grow, And spread and burnish as his brothers do. Who still looks... | |
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