Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 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

Son. 18.

"Yet, do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong,

My love shall in my verse ever live young."

Son. 19.

"Not marble, nor the gilded monuments

Of princes, shall out-live this powerful rhime."

Son. 54.

"Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth,

And delves the parallels in beauty's brow;

Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth,