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Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time". Who wrote above lines for Shakespeare ?

Correct answer: A. Jonson

A. Jonson
B. Bacon
C. Wordsworth
D. none of above

Explanation

The lines come from Ben Jonson’s poem “To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author Mr. William Shakespeare,” printed in the First Folio of 1623. Jonson praises Shakespeare as a poet whose importance transcends his own age.

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