Death! ere thou hast slain another,
Learned and fair and good as she,
Time shall throw a dart at thee.
* * * * *
_To the Memory of Shakespeare_.
Soul of the age!
The applause! delight! the wonder of our stage!
My Shakespeare rise.
Small Latin, and less Greek.
He was not of an age, but for all time.
* * * * *
Sweet swan of Avon!
* * * * *
_Every Man in his Humor_. Act. ii. Sc. 3.
Get money; still get money, boy;
No matter by what means.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT.
1585-1616.
_Letter to Ben Jonson_.
What things have we seen
Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been
So nimble, and so full of subtile flame,
As if that every one from whence they came
Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,
And resolved to live a fool the rest
Of his dull life.
* * * * *
GEORGE WITHER.
1588-1667.
_The Shepherd's Resolution_.
Shall I, wasting in despair,
Dye because a woman's fair?
Or make pale my cheeks with care,
'Cause another's rosie are?
If she be not so to me,
What care I how faire she be?
* * * * *
FRANCIS QUARLES.
1592-1644.
_Emblems_. Book ii. 2.
Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise.
Pages:
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70