And make thofe flights upon the bankes of Thames, Aduanc'd, and made a Conftellation there! BEN: IONS ON TO THE MEMORIE of the deceased Authour Maister Hake fpeare, at length thy pious fellowes giue The world thy Workes: thy Workes, by which, out-liue Thy Tombe, thy name must when that stone is rent, Here we aliue fhall view thee ftill. This Booke, Shall loath what's new, thinke all is prodègie Or till I heare a Scene more nobly take, Then when thy half-Sword parlying Romans fpake. Shall with more fire, more feeling be expreft, L. Digges. To the memorie of M.W.Shake-fpeare. ΕΕ JEE wondred (Shake-fpeare) that thou wen'ft fo foons From the Worlds-Stage, to the Graues-Tyring-roome. Wee thought thee dead, but this thy printed worth, That's but an Exit of Mortalitie; This, a Re-entrance to a Plaudite. VOL. II. b I. M. Vpon the Lines and Life of the Famous Scenicke Poet, Master WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Hofe hands, which you fo clapt, go now, and wring All thofe he made, would fcarfe make one to this: For though his line of life went foone about, HVGH HOLLAND. |