As I hope  
  For quiet days, fair issue, and long life,  
  With such love as 'tis now, the murkiest den,  
  The most opportune place, the strong'st suggestion  
  Our worser genius can, shall never melt  
  Mine honour into lust, to take away  
  The edge of that day's celebration,  
  When I shall think or Phoebus' steeds are founder'd  
  Or Night kept chain'd below.
Stockdale's edition of Shakespeare, with explanatory notes (ed. 1784)























