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Show H " 'DESERTED POET FOR EARL H- Shakespeare's Lady Love Missed the BBf Opportunity of Sharing In BBV His Fame. H Shnkespcnro, writer of n hundred BBb 'romances, line! hut one In his life, and BJBJ Unit wns nn unhappy one. It wns BBl ' with n certain Mnry Fltton, n lady H. In waiting to Queen Elizabeth, who. 1 according to nil accounts, must have H been n most unworthy young minx. BBf She wns heiiuttful enough, with H Inrge blnek eyes nnd n wealth of black H hair that framed n face of health BBY pallor, nnd Rave excuse for Shake- BJBJ sponro's reference to her ns'lbe "dark BJBJ Shakespeare loved her with nil his BBb, heart, and rIio returned his love for BBY n little space, nnd then became at BBb ' traded to the enrl of Pembroke. BB "'- Shakespeare's dearest friend nnd pa BBg tron. Probably because she feared BBVi what the poet might say, .she proceed BBb ed to lure him away from Shakespeare BBV, nnd the young writer sunk In gloom B nnd despair. This was about the year X 1001, anil his sonnets written between Hr" liftlS-niid that date tell the story clear Bf enough. However, lovers of the hnrd x may have the satisfaction of knowing BBV; that the earl and the lndy were caught V In their amour, nnd she wns dlsmUi'd from tho court,- whllo the carl win Ml sent to the Tower of London. She Ucr wns the daughter of Sir Edward Fit J ton, nnd nt the time of her affair with J the drnmntlst was 20 years old. She BBW nftcrwnrd married n mere nrmy cap- BBV tain, and history promptly lost sight f |
