Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part, For though the poet's matter Nature be, His art doth give the fashion, and that he Who casts to write a living line must sweat (Such as thine are) and strike the second... Studies in Shakespeare, Bibliography, and Theatre - Page 208by James G. McManaway - 1990 - 417 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | J. M. Jephson - Dramatists, English - 1864 - 288 pages
...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... | |
 | John Abraham Heraud - 1865 - 550 pages
...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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1865 - 792 pages
...richly spun and woven to fit As since she will vouchsafe no other wit. ****»» Yet must I not gire Nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. * * * * « » For a good poet's made as well as born, And such wert thou. Look how the father's face Lives in his issue... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...please ; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of nature's family. Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must...For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion ; and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat (Such as thine are) and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 584 pages
...laurel, in the opinion of his contemporaries, by the most diligent industry. *' Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must...For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion : and that he Who oasts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are,) and... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 pages
...the most direct evidence against such a construction of his expression : — " Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must...enjoy a part For though the poet's matter Nature be, 1 1 is art doth give the fashion : and that he Who casts to write a living line must sweat (Such as... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 pages
...against such a 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 be, His art doth give the fashion : and that he Who casts to write a living line must sweat (Such as thine are), and... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 668 pages
...please ; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must...For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion ; and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1871 - 996 pages
...antiquated and deserted lie, As 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 be, His art doth give the fashion; and that he, Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are,) and... | |
 | Book - Birthdays - 1872 - 326 pages
...please ; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Yet must I not give nature all; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy...For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion : and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and... | |
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