That place that does contain<br /> My books, the best companions, is to me<br /> A glorious court, where hourly I converse<br /> With the old sages and philosophers;<br /> And sometimes, for variety, I confer<br /> With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;<br /> Calling their victories, if unjustly got,<br /> Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,<br /> Deface their ill-placed statues.