 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 278 Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the...  The Quarterly Review - Page 94edited by - 1890Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1864 - 974 pages
...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... | |
 | J. M. Jephson - Dramatists, English - 1864 - 286 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 ftrike the... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1864 - 210 pages
...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... | |
 | John Abraham Heraud - 1865 - 548 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 has received... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 584 pages
...great poet earned his laurel, in the opinion of his contemporaries, by the most diligent industry. *' Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle...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... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 pages
...with Drummond, offers the most direct evidence against such a construction of his expression : — " Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle...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... | |
 | Edwin Abbott Abbott - English language - 1869 - 176 pages
...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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 656 pages
...1'lautiis, now not please, lint antiquated anil deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part: K >r, though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion ; and that he Who casts to... | |
 | American literature - 1879 - 592 pages
...construed either way." 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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