Careful Words

renowned (adj.)

Soul of the age,

The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage,

My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by

Chaucer or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie

A little further, to make thee a room.

Ben Jonson (1573-1637): To the Memory of Shakespeare.

Peace hath her victories

No less renown'd than war.

John Milton (1608-1674): To the Lord General Cromwell.