...by the most diligent industry. *' Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part : — For though the poet's matter...be, His art doth give the fashion : and that he Who oasts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are,) and strike the second heat Upon the...

...construction of his expression : — " Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, 11 Y gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter Nature...heat . • Upon the Muses' anvil : turn the same (And kimsclf with it) that he thinks to frame ; Or, for the laurel, he may gain a scorn, — For a good...

...construction of his expression : — " Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle Shakspere, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter Nature...sweat (Such as thine are), and strike the second heat * • The Pocbuter," Act T. Sc. I. t Book viii. ch. ip 369. Upon the Muses' anvil : turn the same (And...

...think of Shakspeare as the ideal of spontaneous Genius, but notice Ben Jonson's lines about him : — For though the Poet's matter, Nature be, His Art doth...as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muse's anvil ; turn the same, (And himself with it) that he thinks to frame ; Or, for the laurel, he...

...Greek comic writer, born 444 BC ^Terence, born 195 BC, and Platuus, born 254 BC, Roman comic poe!s. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth...second heat Upon the Muses' anvil ; turn the same, 45 And himself with it, that he thinks to frame ; Or for the laurel, he may gain a scorn ; For a good...

...herself) against my will." Two G. cf V. iii. 2. 28. 107. He and she are used for "man" and "woman." " And that he Who casts to write a living line must sweat." BJ on Shakespeare. " I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare." — Sonn. 130....

...they were not of Nature's family. Yet must I not give Nature till: thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part: For though the poet's matter nature...second heat Upon the muses' anvil; turn the same, Or for the laurel he may gain a scorn, For a good poet's made, as well as born: And such wert thou....

...his poem to his " beloved master " : Yet mast I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For, though the poet's matter nature...fashion ; and, that he Who casts to write a living Kne, must sweat (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muse's anvil ; turn the same,...

...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...

...As they were not of nature's family. Yet must I not give nature all; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature...as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muse's anvil; turn the same, And himself with it, that he thinks to frame; Or for the laurel, he may...