 And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ! . Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit. The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please ; But antiquated and deserted lie,...  The Works of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Recently Discovered ...by William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pages
...Muses still were in their prime, When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or, like a Mercury, to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs,...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...were in their prime; When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm I Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd...so richly spun, and woven so fit, As since she will voucbsafe no other wit: * Though the versification of this Poem is, in general, Fiiff and uncouth;... | |
 | Octavius Gilchrist - 1808 - 74 pages
...muses still were in their prime. When like Apollo he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs,...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...loathsome carriage." Chapman completed the poem, and published it as it now appears, in 1600. Malone. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...line: Nature herself was proud of bis designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines; \\1iich were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...Yet must I not give Nature all; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part:* — For, though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...Muses still were in their prime, When, like Apollo, be came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm '. Nature herself was proud of his designs,...spun, and woven so fit, As since, she will vouchsafe DO other wit. The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please ; But... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 pages
...should possess a poet's brain.'* When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm ! Nature herself was proud of his designs,...Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare,* must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 676 pages
...muses still were in their prime, When like Apollo he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs,...Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part1: — Marlowe's having trod the stage. He was stabbed in the street,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 548 pages
...Muses still were in their prime, When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm! Nature herself was proud of his designs,...lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Yet must 1 not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 544 pages
...Muses still were in their prime, When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm! Nature herself was proud of his designs,...Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please; lint antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Yet must I not give Nature all... | |
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