 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
 | Education Ministry of - 1882 - 292 pages
...Pleasures of Hope," "Night Thoughts." SECTION V. Write out in order of prose tho following passage : — " Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle...enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature bo, His heart doth give the fashion ; and, that ho Who casts to write a living line, must sweat —... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1882 - 524 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 he1 \Vho casts to write a living line, must sweat (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon... | |
 | John J. Waller - 1882 - 196 pages
...joyed to wear the dressing of his lines! 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 .... Look, how the father's face Lives in his issue, even so the race Of Shakspere's mind and manners... | |
 | Georg Gottfried Gervinus - 1883 - 1020 pages
...please ; But antiquated, and deserted lye, As they were not of Nature's family. Yet must I not giue Nature all : Thy Art, My gentle Shakespeare, must...For though the Poet's matter Nature be, His Art doth giue the fashion . . . For a good Poet's made, as well as borne. And such wert thou. Looke, how the... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 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 ho Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat GO... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - English language - 1883 - 156 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 tho poet trust top much... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - American literature - 1884 - 536 pages
...of his lines, Which were so richly spun, and woven to Gt As since she will vouchsafe no other Wit. Yet must I not give Nature all. Thy Art, My gentle...Shakespeare, must enjoy a part, For though the poet's master Nature be, His art doth give the fashion. * * * * * For a great Poet's made as well as horue.... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1884 - 338 pages
...by Gifford, who gave the great-hearted " Ben" so little credit for generosity and affection :—- " Yet must I not give Nature all; thy Art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part." And, after saying that— "the father's face Lives in his issue,' he apostrophized the " Sweet Swan... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - English language - 1884 - 828 pages
...destiny, p. 621. d. Religious fables, p. 621. Danger in using figures, p. 621. CHAPTER XXXIII. RHYTHM. ' Though the poet's matter nature be. His art doth give the fashion. . . . For a pood poet's made as well as born.—BEN JOK80H. O many are the poets that arc sown By nature,... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - English language - 1884 - 828 pages
...destiny, p. 621. d. Religious fables, p. 621. Danger in using figures, p. 621. CHAPTER XXXIII. EHYTHM. ' Though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion. . . . For a good poet's made as well as born.— BEH JOXSON. O many are the poets that are sown By... | |
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