NOONTIDE LEISURE.

VOL. I.

LONDON : Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode,

New-Street-Square.

J.H. 1823

NOONTIDE LEISURE ;

OR,

SKETCHES IN SUMMER,

OUTLINES FROM NATURE AND IMAGINATION,

AND INCLUDING

A Tale of the Days of Shakspeare.

BY

NATHAN DRAKE, M.D.

AUTHOR OF LITERARY HOURS,
OF ESSAYS ON PERIODICAL LITERATURE, OF SHAKSPEARE
AND HIS TIMES, OF WINTER NIGHTS, AND

EVENINGS IN AUTUMN.

Come, sweetest SUMMER!
And o'er old Avon's magic edge,
Whence SAAKSPEARE cuild the spiky sedge,
All playful yet, in years unripe,
To frame a sbrill and simple pipe,
O Goddess, guide my pilgrim feet!

WARTON.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR T. CADELL, IN THE STRAND :
AND W. BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH.

1824.