Then thou, our fancy of itself bereaving,
Dost make us marble with too much conceiving;
And, so sepulchr’d, in such pomp dost lie,
That kings, for such a tomb should wish to die.
Prefixed to Second Folio Edition of Shakespeare’s Works. 1632.
I. M. S., 1632
“On worthy Master Shakespeare and his Poems.”
A mind reflecting ages past, whose clear
And equal surface can make things appear