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

As the poetry of Fitzgeffrey is very little known, we shall give the Sonnet to Lady Drake as a pleasing specimen of his genius:

"Divorc'd by Death, but wedded still by Love,

For Love by Death can never be divorc'd;

Loe! England's dragon, thy true turtle dove,

To seeke his make is now againe enforc'd.

Like as the sparrow from the kestrel's ire,

Made his asylum in the wise man's fist:

So, he and I, his tongues-man, do require

Thy sanctuary, envie to resist.

So may heroique Drake, whose worth gave wings