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Jonson, Ben: Az olvasóhoz (To the Reader in Hungarian)

Portre of Jonson, Ben

To the Reader (English)

This Figure, that thou here seest put,

It was for gentle Shakespeare cut;

Wherein the Grauer had a strife

with Nature, to out-doo the life :

O, could he but haue drawne his wit

As well in brasse, as he hath hit

His face ; the Print would then surpasse

All, that vvas euer vvrit in brasse.

But, since he cannot, Reader, looke

Not on his Picture, but his Booke.



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Az olvasóhoz (Hungarian)

Ez a kép, könyvünk metszete,

nyájas Shakespeare-t mutatja be;

tű s élet közt nagy volt a harc,

hogy élethű legyen az arc:

s ha, mint vonását, szellemét

éppúgy rögzíthetné a réz,

a világnak metszet sose

lenne még egy ily remeke.

De mert ez nincs így, Olvasó,

Arc helyett nézd, mit mond a Szó.



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