Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 1 of 2] / Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age

by Nathan Drake

On unbought delicates their hunger fed,

And for their drink the swelling clusters bled:

The vallies rang with their delicious strains,

And Pleasure revell'd on those happy plains."

How beautifully versified is the opening of his picture of the Temple of Diana!

"Within a little silent grove hard by,

Upon a small ascent, he might espy

A stately chapel, richly gilt without,

Beset with shady sycamores about:

And, ever and anon, he might well hear