ODE TO SHAKESPEARE

ODE TO SHAKESPEARE:

The fashion ye dost pen,
Enchants us men.
How doth you?
Mould minds blue?

Ecstasy and comedy.
Plight and tragedy.
Stages and sonnets.
As brilliant as comets.
How doth thee?
Oh mighty bard, reveal thy key.

Can any equal you?
Sway spirit, as you?
Nay, for there be none,
Hatched 'ere time is done.

Long live, mighty bard.
Reveal not thy art.
For it is you we love.
Thy star, browsed above...