Lost Shakespeare poem--"An 18-line poem written by William Shakespeare is being published for the first time since it was discovered by American scholars. 'To the Queen by the Players' is believed to have been written for a performance at the court of Queen Elizabeth in 1599."
--from CBC.ca
As the dial hand tells o'er
The same hours it had before,
Still beginning in the ending,
Circular account still lending,
So, most mighty Queen we pray,
Like the dial day by day
You may lead the seasons on,
Making new when old are gone,
That the babe which now is young
And hath yet no use of tongue
Many a Shrovetide here may bow
To that empress I do now,
That the children of these lords,
Sitting at your council boards,
May be grave and aged seen
Of her that was their fathers' queen.
Once I wish this wish again,
Heaven subscribe it with "Amen".
"The poem has been compared to the epilogue to A Midsummer Night's Dream, with the same metre and similarities in language."
