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

Cleon. We'll bring your grace even to the edge o'the shore;

Then give you up to the mask'd Neptune, and

The gentlest winds of heaven.

Per. I will embrace

Your offer. Come, dear'st Madam.—O, no tears.

Lychorida, no tears:

Look to your little mistress, on whose grace

You may depend hereafter."[276:A]

The affectionate attachment of Marina to this friend of her infancy, and her deep-felt sorrow for her loss, advantageously open her character in the first scene of the fourth act, where she is introduced strewing the grave of Lychorida with flowers.

"Enter Marina, with a Basket of Flowers.