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SHAKESPEARE by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON

First Line: SHAKESPEARE! WITH ALL THY FAULTS (AND FEW HAVE MORE)
Last Line: HIS WORKS WE REVERENCE, WHILE WE PITY THINE.
Subject(s): DRAMATISTS; PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS ; POETRY & POETS; SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616); DRAMATISTS;
Shakespeare! "with all thy faults, (and few have more,)
I love thee still," and still will con thee o'er.
Heaven, in compassion to man's erring heart,
Gave thee of virtue -- then, of vice a part,
Lest we, in wonder here, should bow before thee,
Break God's commandment, worship, and adore thee:
But admiration now, and sorrow join;
His works we reverence, while we pity thine.



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