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

Or at the fox, which lives by subtlety,

Or at the roe, which no encounter dare:

Pursue these fearful creatures o'er the downs,

And on thy well-breath'd horse keep with thy hounds.

And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare,

Mark the poor wretch to overshoot his troubles,

How he out-runs the wind, and with what care

He cranks and crosses, with a thousand doubles:—

Sometime he runs among the flock of sheep,

To make the cunning hounds mistake their smell;