...To draw no envy, Shakspeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame ; While I confess thy writings to be such, As neither Man nor Muse can praise too much. 'Tis true, and all men's suffrage. But these ways Were not the paths I meant unto thy praise; For seeliest...

...indeed, Above the ill fortune of them, or the need. 1 Prometheus son of lapetus. I therefore will begin : Soul of the age ! The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage ! My SHAKSPEARE, rise ! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little...

...draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame ; While I confess thy writings to be such As neither man nor Muse can praise too much : 'Tis true, and all men's suffrage : but these ways Were not the paths I meant unto thy praise ; For...

...To draw uo envy, Shakspeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame ; While I confess thy writings to be such As neither man nor muse can praise too much. • **•<*• I, therefore, will begin : Soul of the age ! The applause, delight, aud wonder of our...

...To draw no envy, Shakespear, on thy uame, Am I thus ample to thy book, and fame; While 1 confess thy writings to be such, As neither man, nor Muse, can praise too much ; 'Tie true, and all men's suffrage: but these ways Were not the paths I meant unto thy praise: Kor...

...To draw no envy, Shakspeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame ; While I confess thy writings to be such As neither man nor Muse can praise too much, 'Tis true, and all men's suffrage. But these ways Were not the paths I meant unto thy praise; For silliest...

...against them ; and, indeed, Above th' ill fortune of them, or the need. I therefore will begin : — 4 4 4 My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thec by Chaucer, or Spenser; or bid Beaumont lie A little further,...

...hardly to deserve Dryden's censure. He addresses Shakespeare in these words — "While I confess thy writings to be such As neither man nor Muse can praise too much." 'He says indeed, that Shakespeare " had small Latin and less < ireek," which is certainly true, but,...

...To draw no envy, Shakspeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame ; While I confess thy writings to be such, As neither Man nor Muse can praise too much. Tis true, and all men's suffrage. But these ways Were not the paths I meant unto thy praise; For seeliest...

...him, and in a poem he published in his praise calls him " My gentle Shakespeare, sweet swan of Avon. Soul of the age— The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage." And though he was too refined, too noble, too lofty to be well understood by them, he was preferred...