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

For thrice ten thousand holy Demons rove

This breathing world, the delegates of Jove.

Guardians of man, their glance alike surveys,

The upright judgments, and th' unrighteous ways."

Elton.

But, next to the sacred writers, and more immediately derived from their inspiration, has this heavenly superintendance been best described by two of our own poets: by Spenser with his customary piety, sweetness, and simplicity:—

"And is there care in heaven? and is there love

In heavenly spirits to these creatures bace,

That may compassion of their evils move?

There is:—else much more wretched were the cace