...As they were not of nature's family. Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspere, must enjoy a part. — For though the poet's matter...line, must sweat, (Such as thine are,) and strike a second heat Upon the muse's anvil ; turn the same (And himself with it), that he thinks to frame...

...must I not give Nature all ; thy Art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part : For though the Poets : anvile : turne the same, (And himselfe with it) that he thinkes to frame ; Or, for the lawrell, he...

...As they were not of Nature's family. Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspero, must enjoy a part : — For though the poet's matter...living line, must sweat (Such as thine are), and strike a second heat Upon the Muses' anvil ; turn the same (And himself with it), that he thinks to frame...

...then and has since been laid : — " Yet mast I not give Nuture all; — thy Art, My gentle Shakspere, must enjoy a part ; For though the poet's matter Nature be, His Art doth give the fashion. For a good poet's made as well as born ; And snch wert thon. Look how the father's face Lives in his...

...read, and praife to give. ****** Yet muft I not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle Shakefpere, mull enjoy a part ; For though the poet's matter Nature be, His art doth give the fafhion ; and that he Who cafts to write a living line mutt fweat, Such as thine are, and ftrike the...

...thought Ben Jonson, — himself a thoroughly artistic poet, — who, speaking of Shakespeare, says that " Though the poet's matter Nature be, His art doth give the fashion." He also gives warning against the neglect of the poetical art, saying that if the poet trust too much...

...ieder duidelijk dat ' Men vergunne ons de gedenkwaardige woorden van Jonson hier aan te halen'•Who casts to write a living line, must sweat (Such as...Muses anvil; turn the same (And himself with it) that hè thinks to frame; Or for the laurel hè may gain a scorn: For a good Poe f 3 made as wett 03 torn....

...art? Ben Jonson knew the fact better: " 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 .... For a good poet's made as well as born ; And such wert thou." By this time Pisanio has received...

...must I not give Nature all ; thy Art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part : For though the Poets matter, Nature be, His Art doth give the fashion....sweat (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat K Upon the Muses anvile : turne the same, (And himselfe with it) that he thinkes to frame ; Or, for...

...could with difficulty " spare or pass by a jest." Jonson also writes of " my gentle Shakespeare," — "that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat,...thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses anvile." And so, according to the Dedication and Preface, " Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories,...