Shakespeare’s glowing soul,
Where mightiness and meekness met.
Ibid., p. 341, “Hymn to the Moon.”
Kind Shakespeare, our recording angel.
T. L. Beddoes (1803-1849). “Lines written in Switzerland.” Poems, 1851, vol. i. p. 215.
Kinder all earth hath grown since genial Shakespeare sung!
Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton (1805-1873). “The Souls of Books,” i. l. 21. Works, 1853, vol. iii. p. 282.