Address prefixed to the First Folio Edition of Shakespeare’s Works. 1623.
LEONARD DIGGES, 1623
(1588-1635)
“To the Memorie of the deceased Author, Maister W. Shakespeare.”
Shakespeare, at length thy pious fellows give
The world thy Works: thy Works, by which, out-live
Thy Tomb, thy name must: when that stone is rent,
And Time dissolves thy Stratford Monument,
Here we alive shall view thee still. This Book,
When brass and marble fade, shall make thee look