The Age of Shakespeare
- Author
- Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- English drama
- Shelves
- Category: Plays/Films/Dramas · Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches · Category: British Literature
The opening, in English.
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMVIII
TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES LAMB
When stark oblivion froze above their names Whose glory shone round Shakespeare's, bright as now, One eye beheld their light shine full as fame's, One hand unveiled it: this did none but thou. Love, stronger than forgetfulness and sleep, Rose, and bade memory rise, and England hear: And all the harvest left so long to reap Shone ripe and rich in every sheaf and ear.
