. William Shakespere : a biography. A liloniiATIlY. and mighty men wlio have fouglit lier battles, the Queen descends from )ier chariot throne to make her hearty prayers en her bended knees. Leicester,the favourite to whose weak hand was nominally intrusted the command of thetroops, has not lived to see this triumph. But Essex, the new favourite, wouldbe there ; and Hunsdon, the General for the Queen. There too would be Ka-kljili, and Hawkins, and Frobislier, and Drake, and Howard of Effingham—one ^ffc^i. [HoR-ard.] who forgot all distinctions of sect in the common danger of his country. Wellr
. William Shakespere : a biography. A liloniiATIlY. and mighty men wlio have fouglit lier battles, the Queen descends from )ier chariot throne to make her hearty prayers en her bended knees. Leicester,the favourite to whose weak hand was nominally intrusted the command of thetroops, has not lived to see this triumph. But Essex, the new favourite, wouldbe there ; and Hunsdon, the General for the Queen. There too would be Ka-kljili, and Hawkins, and Frobislier, and Drake, and Howard of Effingham—one ^ffc^i. [HoR-ard.] who forgot all distinctions of sect in the common danger of his country. Wellruigiit the young poet thus apostrophize this country !— This royal throne of kings, this aceptcrd isle, earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,This other Eden, deini-panidise;This fortress, biiilt by Nature for henself,Against inffstion and the hand of war;This happy breed of men, this little world;This precious stone set in the silver serves it in the ofi&ce of a wall,Or as a moat defensive to a the envy of less liappier lands ;Tliis blessf^d |>lot, this earth, this realm, this Kngland. 345
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