...and Sophocles, to us, Pacuvius, Accius, him of Cordova, dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread And shake a stage ; or, when thy socks were on, Leave...insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since diil from their ashes come. Triumph, my Britain ! thou bust one to show, To whom all scenes of Europe...

...dead. To life again, to hear thy buskin tread And shake a stage ; or when thy sucks were on, I/cave thee alone ; for the comparison Of all that insolent...haughty Rome, Sent forth, or since did from their ashes uome. Sewnrd has a distich on the cities which claim Homer's birth : Seven wealthy towns contend for...

...SHAKESPEARE. Soul of the age ! The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage ! My Shakespeare rise ! * * * * Triumph my Britain, thou hast one to show, To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not for an age, but for all time! And all the Muses still were in their prime, When, like Apollo, he came...

...poets,) was a sincere lover of freedom, not the turbulent freedom of a wild, impassioned, uneducated * "Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show, To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe." To the Memory of Shakspere. mob, but true freedom, such as can only be found where all have a knowledge...

...and Sophocles to us ; Pacuvius, Accius, him of Cordova dead, To live again, to hear thy buskin tread, And shake a stage ; or, when thy socks were on, Leave...to show, To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. * Ironical allusions. He vi as not of an age, hut for all time ! And all the muses still were in their...

...and Sophocles, to us, Pacuvius, Accius, him of Cordova, dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread And shake a stage ; or, when thy socks were on, Leave...come. Triumph, my Britain ! thou hast one to show, He was not of an age, but for all time ! And all the Muses still were in their prime, When like Apollo...

...or haughty Rome " ; he declares (in poetry) of Shakespeare that he may be left alone — " . . . for comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty...Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come." And yet he never, while going from one to the other, mentions Shakespeare to Bacon or Bacon to Shakespeare...

...live, And we have wits to read and praise to give . . . Triumph, my Britaine, thou hast one to showe, To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe, He was not of an age, but for all time! (Ben Jonson, To the Memory of W. Shakespeare.) Stay, passenger, why goest thou by so...

...to assert an international eminence for his tiny island kingdom as well as for his friend and rival: Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom...scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time . . . The stake that the English have since had in the dramatist's reputation, as given...

...thy Sockes were on, Leaue thee alone, for the comparison Of all, that insolent Greece, or haughtie Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come. Triumph, my Britaine, thou hast one to showe, To whom all Scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but...