...gum which ieeues* From whence ЧЫ nourish'd. The fire ¡' th' flint Shows not till it be slruck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself; and, like the current, flies Each bound it chafes." u», we conclude that it must have been quite as self-evident lo him, and thnt he must have been perfectly...

...Shakespeare : — " Poet. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd. The fire i' th' flint Shows not till it be struck : our gentle flame Provokes itself." The old copies of Shakespeare read — " Our poesy is as a gowne which uses." Can anything be more...

...and of his own in particular. • " A thing slipt idly from me. Our poesy is as a ftum, which issues From whence 'tis nourish'd. The fire i' the flint...— and like the current flies Each bound it chafes. " The hollow friendship and shuffling evasions of the Athenian lords, their smooth professions and...

...- " A thing slipt idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which issues From whence 'tis nourish'd. T^ fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck : our...and like the current flies Each bound it chafes." The hollow friendship and shuffling evasions of the Athenian lords, their smooth professions and pitiful...

...1. POET. Onr poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourish'd; the fire i'the flint Shews not till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes...and, like the current, flies Each bound it chafes. I cannot but be of a different opinion from the commentators respecting this passage, which appears...

...process to let it out. Shakspeare says — " Our poesy is as a gum Which issues whence 'tis nourished, our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current, flies Each bound it chafes."* I shall conclude this general account with some remarks on four of the principal works of poetry in...

...Shakspeare says : " Our poesy is as a gum which issues From whence 'tis nourished. The fire i' th' flint Shows not till it be struck ; our gentle flame...and, like the current, flies Each bound it chafes." Shakspeare himself was an example of his own rule, and appears to have owed almost everything to chance,...

...poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourished : The fire i'the flint Shows not, till it he struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current, flies Each bound it chafes s. What have you there ? Pain. A picture, sir. — And when'f' comes your book forth? Poet. Upon the...

...To the great lord. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes 3 From whence 'tis nourished. The fire i'the flint Shows not, till it be struck; our gentle flame...and like the current, flies Each bound it chafes. 4 What have you there ? Poet. A thing slipped idly from me. Pain. A picture, sir.—And when comes...

...To the great lord. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes 3 From whence 'tis nourished. The fire i'the flint Shows not, till it be struck; our gentle flame...and like the current, flies Each bound it chafes. 4 What have you there ? Poet. A thing slipped idly from me. Pain. A picture, sir.—And when comes...