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Reader, look,
Not at his picture, but his book.
To the Reader [On the portrait of Shakespeare prefixed to the First Folio (1618)
Pray thee, take care, that tak'st my book in hand,
To read it well: that is, to understand.
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616)
Blest be the hour wherein I bought this book;
His studies happy that composed the book,
And the man fortunate that sold the book.
Thou art a monument, without a tomb,
And art alive still, while thy book doth live,
And we have wits to read, and praise to give.
To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare (1618)
When I would know thee * * * my thought looks
Upon thy well-made choice of friends and books;
Then do I love thee, and behold thy ends
In making thy friends books, and thy books friends.