...but call forth thund'ring f^chy lus, Euripides, and Sophocles to us, Pacuvius, AcciuB, him of Cordova dead, To live again, to hear thy buskin tread And...Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ! Which were so...

...but call forth thund'ring Eschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles to us, Pacuvius, Aceius, him of Cordova dead, To live again, to hear thy buskin tread And...comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Bome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy*d...

...too long to insert, not only is Shakespere as a dramatist, placed above Lylly and Marlowe, but — ' all that insolent Greece, or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come.' And then he continues, — . . . . ' Look, how the father's face Lives in his issue, even so the raco...

...thund'ring jEschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles, to us, Pacuvius, Aceius, him of Cordova dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread And shake a stage...haughty Rome, Sent forth, or since did from their aslic-s come. Seward has a distich on the cities which claim Homer's birth : Seven wealthy towns contend...

...thundering Ivschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles, to us, Pacuvius, Accius, him of Cordova, dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread And shake a stage...insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since diil from their ashes come. Triumph, my Britain ! thou bust one to show, To whom all scenes of Europe...

...thund'ring J&chyliu, Euripides, and Sophocles, to us, Pncuvius, Accius, nun of Cordova dead. To life again, to hear thy buskin tread And shake a stage ; or when thy sucks were on, I/cave thee alone ; for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece, or haughty Rome,...

...or haughty Rome " ; he declares (in poetry) of Shakespeare that he may be left alone — " . . . for comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty...Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come." And yet he never, while going from one to the other, mentions Shakespeare to Bacon or Bacon to Shakespeare...

...thund'ring vEsfkylus, Euripides, and Sophocles, to us, Pacuvius, Accius, him of Cordova dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread And shake a stage...haughty Rome, Sent forth, or since did from their ashes uome. Seward has a distich on the cities which claim Homer's birth : Seven wealthy towns contend for...

...Euripides, and Sophocles, to us, Pacuvius, Accius, him of Cordova dead, To life again, to hear thy btuikin tread And shake a stage; or when thy socks were on....for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece, or naughty Rome, Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Seward has a distich on the cities which...

...Latin and less Greek, From thence to honour thee, I will not seek For names: but call forth thundering Eschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles to us, Pacuvius,...Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Thy unmolested peace, in an unshared cave, Possess as lord, not tenant of thy grave: That unto us,...