 The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth...  The Indicator - Page 44edited by - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Questions and answers - 1855 - 1080 pages
...the Age ! The applause, delight, the wonder, of our stage ! Thou art a monument without a tomb ; And art alive still, while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give. Triumph, my Britain ! thou hast one to show, To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not for... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 668 pages
...rare Beaumont, lie A little further, to make thee a room : Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still, while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give. That I not mix thee so, my braia excuses, — I mean, with great but disproportion'd Muses; For if... | |
 | William Henry Smith - Catholics - 1857 - 190 pages
...invocation applicable to either the one or the other. The lines, Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give, seem much more applicable to a living than to a deceased person. And though thou hast small Latin and... | |
 | Octavia Walton Le Vert - Europe - 1857 - 356 pages
...merriment. Jonson's lines upon Shakspeare are admirably true : " Thou art a monument, without a tomb ; And art alive still, while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give." The tomb of Milton is near by the monument of Chaucer. Then comes a tablet to Butler, the author of... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...or bid Beaumont lie A little further off to make thee room ; Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give. And though thou hadst small Latin and less Greek, From thence to honour thee I will not seek For names,... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 574 pages
...bid Beaumont lie A little further off, to make thee room : Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still, while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give. * * * • * Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear, And make... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 pages
...further, to make thee a roome : Thou art a Moniment, without a Tombe, And art alive still, while thy Booke doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give. That I not mixe thee so, my braine excuses ; I meane with great, but disproportion^) Muses : For, if... | |
 | William Henry Smith - Catholics - 1857 - 188 pages
...further, to make thee a roome : Thou art a Monument, without a Tombe, And art alive still, while thy Booke doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give. That I not mixe thee so, my braine excuses ; I meane with great, but disproportion'd Muses : For, if... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 762 pages
...bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room * : Thou art a monument without a tomb ; And art alive still, while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give. That I not mix thee so, my brain excuses ; I mean, with great but disproportion'd muses : For, if I... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Registers of births, etc - 1858 - 832 pages
...further, to make thee a roome : Thou art a Moniment, without a tombe, And art alive still, while thy Booke doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give. That I not mixe thee so, my braino excuses, — I meane with great, but disproportiou'd Muses ; For... | |
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