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" 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 208
by James G. McManaway - 1990 - 417 pages
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Merchant of Venice

William Shakespeare - English drama - 1872 - 92 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...
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Shakespeare: His Life, Art, and Characters : with an Historical ..., Volume 1

Henry Norman Hudson - English drama - 1872 - 488 pages
...puts this point just as, we may be sure, he had himself seen it to be true : " Yet must I not give 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." As to the question how far his genius went...
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Appletons' Journal, Volume 6

American literature - 1879 - 592 pages
...Right here a critic remarks, " This is absurd," and quotes Ben Jonson's lines : Yet must I not give 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 — which are supposed important enough to require...
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Anthologia Anglica, a new selection from the English poets from Spenser to ...

Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 pages
...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 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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Three centuries of English poetry: selections from Chaucer to Herrick, with ...

Rosaline Orme Masson - English poetry - 1876 - 454 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 he1 Who casts to write a living line must sweat Such as thine are, and...
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Three Centuries of English Poetry: Being Selections from Chaucer to Herrick

Rosaline Orme Masson - English poetry - 1876 - 454 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 he1 Who casts to write a living line must sweat Such as thine are, and...
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The Poems of Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, and Ben Jonson

Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson - English poetry - 1876 - 576 pages
...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 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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Chambers's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...As they were not of nature's family. Vet must I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, e can ; Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a sp give the fashion ; and, that he \Vho casts to write a living line, mast sweat — Such as thine are...
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The Poems of Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, and Ben Jonson

Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson - English poetry - 1878 - 576 pages
...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 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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The Poetical Works of William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, Volumes 1-2

William Shakespeare - English poetry - 1879 - 844 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 Wrho casts to write a living line, must 'sweat, (Such as thine are)...
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