Page:The Age of Shakespeare - Swinburne (1908).djvu/275

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
258
THE AGE OF SHAKESPEARE

main original works, the superstructure of a romantic poet on the submerged foundations of Greek verse, no praise can be too warm or high for the power, the freshness, the indefatigable strength and inextinguishable fire which animate this exalted work, and secure for all time that shall take cognisance of English poetry an honoured place in its highest annals for the memory of Chapman.