A sprig to crown him Poet; and contrive
A monument, in his own work, to live.
Poems. Vindication of Poesie. Add. MS. 19255, p. 17. (British Museum.) Privately printed by Dr. Grosart. 1878, 4 vols. Vol. i. pp. 28, 29.
SAMUEL SHEPPARD, 1651
(fl. c. 1606-1652)
“In Memory of our Famous Shakespeare.”
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Sacred spirit, whiles thy Lyre
Echoed o’er the Arcadian Plains,
Even Apollo did admire,