When Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes
First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose;
Each change of many-color'd life he drew,
Exhausted worlds, and then imagined new:
Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign,
And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
His powerful strokes presiding Truth impress'd,
And unresisted Passion storm'd the breast.

JOHNSON.

A loose he gave to his unbounded soul,

And taught new lands to rise, new seas to roll;
Call'd into being scenes unknown before,

And, passing Nature's bounds, was something more.

SHAK

CHURCHILL

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1. Portrait of Shakspeare. Frontispiece.

2. Shakspeare nursed by Tragedy and Comedy, from a

3. Infant Shakspeare attended by Nature and the Passions.-Romney.

4. The Monument of Shakspeare in Stratford Church.

5. Shakspeare between Poetry and Painting.-Banks.

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6. Prospero and Miranda before the cell of Prospero.

7. Prospero, Miranda, and Ariel.-Hamilton.

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8. Prospero, Miranda, Caliban, and Ariel.-Fuseli. 9. Trinculo, Stephano, and Caliban.-Smirke. 10. Ferdinand and Miranda.-Hamilton. 11. Prospero, Ferdinand, Miranda, Mask, &c.-Wright. 12. Ferdinand and Miranda playing at Chess.- Wheatley.

13. Valentine, Proteus, Silvia, and Julia.- Angelica

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14. Valentine, Proteus, Silvia, and Julia.-Stothard.