Anonymous, 1769
“To the Immortal Memory of Shakespeare.”
Immortal be his name,
His memory, his fame!
Nature and her works we see,
Matchless Shakespeare, full in thee!
Join’d by everlasting ties,
Shakespeare but with Nature dies.
Immortal be his Name,
His memory, his fame!
Shakespeare’s Garland. Being a Collection of New Songs, Ballads, etc., performed at the Jubilee at Stratford-upon-Avon. 1769, p. 15.