...edition of Shakspere, that it was erected previous to 1623 : — " Shakespeare, at length Ihy pioua fellows give The world thy works . thy works by which outlive Thy tom!) thy name must: when that stone is rent, And time dissolves thy Stratford monument, Here we alive...

...prefixed to the first edition of Shakspere, that it was erected previous to 1623 : — " Shakespeare, at length thy pious fellows give The world thy works...marble fade, shall make thee look Fresh to all ages." The fate of this portrait of Shakspere, for we may well account it as such, is a singular one. Mr....

...Digges, is in the same tone : — " Shake-speare. at length thy pious fellows gire The world thy woris; The edition of 1623 secured from a probable destruction, entire or partial, somo of the noblest monuments...

...MASTER W. SHAKESPEARE. SHAKESPEARE, at length thy pious fellows give The world thy works : thy works, hy which outlive Thy tomb, thy name must. When that stone...thee look Fresh to all ages ; when posterity Shall loath what's new, think all is prodigy That is not Shakespeare's, every line, each verse, Here shall...

...light." Another poem in the same volume, by Leonard Digges, is in the same tone : — " Shake-speare, at length thy pious fellows give The world thy works...which outlive Thy tomb thy name must. When that stone ia rent, And time dissolves thy Stratford monument, Here we alive shall view thee still This book,...

...TO THE MEMORY OF THE DECEASED AUTHOR, MASTER WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Shakespeare, at length thy pioua fellows give The world thy works ; thy works, by which...monument, Here we alive shall view thee still ; this book, \Vhen brass and marble fade, shall make thee look Fresh to all ages ; when posterity Shall loath what...

...in 1623, as the following lines by LEONARD Dio i, ES, then published, will prove : — " Shakspere, at length thy pious fellows give The world thy works...thee look Fresh to all ages ; when posterity Shall loath what's new, think all is prodigy That is not Sbakspere's, every line, each verse, Here shall...

...published in that year :— " Shakespeare, at length thy pious fellows give The world thy works—thy works by which outlive Thy tomb thy name must : when...Stratford monument, Here we alive shall view thee still." By the bye, this fact that the monument was in existence in 1623 is an argument for the authenticity...

...in the same volume, by Leonard Diggcs, is in the same tone : — " Shake-speare, at length thy piovi fellows give The world thy works; thy works by which...marble fade, shall make thee look Fresh to all ages." "VVe cannot doubt that the publication of this volume was hailed with delight by all readers of taste...

...Digges to Shakespeare's memory prefixed to the First Folio, published in that year :— " Shakespeare, at length thy pious fellows give The world thy works...Stratford monument, Here we alive shall view thee still." Possibly, however, Milton's lines were not occasioned by any project of a new monument, but were merely...