. Shakespere: his birthplace and its neighborhood. that he is not a person, but a name. These great world-poets, Homer and Shakspere, fit all nations and all is careless of his works, because he knows theyare not his, but Some Ones superior to him. In thestrength of his genius, he abandons all claim to it. It ismine, tis yours, reader, as much as Shaksperes. This 10—2 148 SHAKSPERE AND HIS BIRTHPLACE. indifference to the authorship of his works proves howreally great he was. Well has it been said, that poets are the true priestsand kings of the earth; and it was no mere rhapsod
. Shakespere: his birthplace and its neighborhood. that he is not a person, but a name. These great world-poets, Homer and Shakspere, fit all nations and all is careless of his works, because he knows theyare not his, but Some Ones superior to him. In thestrength of his genius, he abandons all claim to it. It ismine, tis yours, reader, as much as Shaksperes. This 10—2 148 SHAKSPERE AND HIS BIRTHPLACE. indifference to the authorship of his works proves howreally great he was. Well has it been said, that poets are the true priestsand kings of the earth; and it was no mere rhapsody thatmade Jean PaulRichter call Shakspere the poetic Christ-child. In conclusion, let us remember how quietly helived and died, known to his friends and companions bythat one epithet, gentle, and then contrast him with allthe noisy, self-seeking Kaisers and Napoleons who haveharried the world with misery and desolation. The thunderand the lightning attract all mens ears and eyes, but thegentle rain and the calm sunshine alone profit the Remains of Snaksperes House at New Place 149 A GLOSSAKY OF WOKDS STILL USED IN WARWICKSHIRE TO BE FOUND IN SHAKSPERE. As I before stated, I by no means wish to say that the followingwords are to be found nowhere but in Shakspere and , though, undoubtedly are provincialisms. And we must re-member the fact, how very strongly different dialects are marked inEngland, and the wide difference there is, not only in the meaning,but in the pronunciation of the same words, in Dorsetshire, wherethe Saxon element is most marked, and in the eastern and midlandcounties, where the Anglian is more prominent. Thus, in theVenus and Adonis, Shakspere rhymes juice as if spelt Joyce, athoroughly midland pronunciation of the word:— Ill-natured, crooked, churlish, harsh iu voice,Oerwom, despised, rheumatic, and cold,Thick-sighted, barren, lean, and lacking juice. And again, in the very next stanza, as Dr. Farmer also remarked, 150 GLOSSAR
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