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Prefatory Materials (Folio 1, 1664)
272To the Memory of the deceased Authour
273Mr. VVILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
275The World thy Works: thy Works, by which, out-live
277And Time dissolves thy Stratford Monument,
278Here we alive shall view thee still. This Book,
279When Brass and Marble fade, shall make thee look
280Fresh to all Ages: when Posteritie
281Shall loathe what's new; think all is prodigie
283Here shall revive, redeem thee from thy Herse.
285Of his, thy wit-fraught Book shall once invade.
286Nor shall I e're believe, or think thee dead
289Passions of Juliet, and her Romeo;
290Or till I hear a Scene more nobly take,
293Shall with more fire, more feeling be exprest,
295But crown'd with Lawrell, live eternally.
296L. Digges.