That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold.. Sonnet 73 #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday Glass by Burlison & Grylls at St Michael Broadway.

I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day.. Hamlet Act 2, Scene 1. Glass by Christopher Webb, St Anne Moseley. #stainedglasssunday #shakespearesunday

Ay, of a snail, for though he comes slowly, he carries his  house on his head.. As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 1 Glass at St Mary Edstaston #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday #snailsonsunday

The glorious Christ Church in Quarry Bank, built by Thomas Smith of Stourbridge 1845-46 #CeilingsonSunday

This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme: COLOURS

In speech, it seemed, his beard, all silver white, Wagged up and down, and from his lips did fly Thin winding breath, which purled up to the sky.. Glass by Edward Burne Jones & William Morris at St Martin Birmingham. #ShakespeareSunday #StainedGlassSunday

St Mary the Virgin Hanbury #windowsonwednesday #windowviewwednesday

Let me sit heavy on thy soul  tomorrow.. Richard III, Act 5, Scene 3 15thc glass at Little Malvern Priory of Edward Prince of Wales (Edward V). #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday

I saw him beat the surges under him and ride upon their backs. He trod the water, Whose enmity he flung aside, and breasted The surge most swoll’n that met him. His bold head ’Bove the contentious waves he kept. The Tempest Act 2 Scene 1 #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday 1/2

With divers-colored fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool.. Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene II. Glass by Albert Lemmon 1930 at St Peter, Greets Green West Bromwich. #ShakespeareSunday #StainedGlassSunday

As, painfully to pore upon a book To seek the light of truth; while truth the while Doth falsely blind the eyesight of his look: Light seeking light doth light of light beguile: So, ere you find where light in darkness lies.. #ShakespeareSunday #StainedGlassSunday 1/2

All Saints Claverley. #fontsonfriday #flowersonfriday

Three 2-light stained glass windows by Hardman and Co in St Mary's chapel at Newstead Abbey. #StainedGlassSunday

Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme: QUARRELS and CONFLICT

His brandished sword did blind men with his beams; His arms spread wider than a dragon’s wings; His sparkling eyes, replete with wrathful fire, More dazzled and drove back his enemies Than midday sun fierce bent against their faces 1/2 #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday

This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme: GOOD and BAD!

Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky, And with them scourge the bad revolting stars.. Henry VI, Part 1 - Act 1, scene 1 Glass by Louis Davies at St Laurence Ludlow 1912 #ShakespeareSunday #StainedGlassSunday

Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme has been chosen by @ticl.me - CITIES, TREES and RINGS!

..in this city will I stay  And live alone as secret as I may.. Henry VI, Part 2 - Act 4 St Editha Tamworth. Glass by Camm & Co of Smethwick 1940. Not to be mistaken for the Camm Studio further along the road. #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday

Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme has been chosen by @gaminecuisine.bsky.social - DESTINY & FREE WILL!

Why, headstrong liberty is lash'd with woe. There's nothing situate under heaven's eye But hath his bound, in earth, in sea, in sky: The beasts, the fishes, and the winged fowls .. 1/2 #ShakespeareSunday #StainedGlassSunday

Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme has been chosen by @kriiicentre.bsky.social - ENGLISH HISTORY!

They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But, bear-like, I must fight the course.. Macbeth - Act 5, scene 7 Bishop Hooper at the stake in Gloucester, by A.J. Davies in Worcester Cathedral. #ShakespeareSunday #StainedGlassSunday

Stained glass by Sir Ninian Comper at St James Lower Gornal, Dudley. 1903. #StGeorgesDay #StainedGlass

Had a look while I was waiting for the kettle to boil. It was commonly believed in the Black Country that the sun danced on Easter Sunday.

I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool. King John - Act 4, scene 2 Glass in Halesowen, designed & drawn by Florence Camm for the Camm Studio Smethwick #ShakespeareSunday #StainedGlassSunday

Next week is the big man's birthday, so let's get the party started early this weekend with a theme free #ShakespeareSunday!

Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme - Babies!

When we are born, we cry that we are come To this great stage of fools.. King Lear - Act 4, scene 6 Glass by A. J. Davies 1923 at St John the Baptist Aston Ingham. #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday

..most bounteous lady, thy rich leas Of wheat, rye, barley, vetches, oats, and peas.. The Tempest - Act 4, scene 1 Glass by Henry Holiday, made by Powell and Son, 1880's. St Editha Tamworth #ShakespeareSunday #StainedGlassSunday

This weekend's #ShakespeareSunday theme has been chosen by @rosej100.bsky.social - FOOD & DRINK!

St Chad, Hopwas, by John Douglas 1881. #steeplesaturday #spirelet

Smith family memorial at St Lawrence Gnosall. #monumentsmonday

Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme: MOTHERS!

Thou art thy mother’s glass, and she in thee Calls back the lovely April of her  prime; So thou through windows of thine age shalt see.. Sonnet 3. Glass by Reginald Francis Hallward at St Mary Ingestre. #ShakespeareSunday #StainedGlassSunday

Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme - SPRING!

When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are plowmen’s clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws... Spring, from Love's Labors Lost. Glass at St Giles Sheldon by Florence Camm. #ShakespeareSunday #StainedGlassSunday

Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i’ th’ receiving earth.. Henry V- Prologue Glass by Burlison & Grylls, St Mary Stottesdon #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday

..prepare thy agèd eyes to weep,  Or, if not so, thy noble heart to break.. Titus Andronicus - Act 3, scene 1 Christ Church Quarry Bank. By Florence, Robert & Walter Camm for Thomas Camm, at The Studio Smethwick #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday

Who has a book of all that monarchs do, He’s more secure to keep it shut than shown. Pericles Act I, Scene 1 Glass by Christopher Whall at St Peter & St Paul Upton upon Severn. #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday

In faith, my hand meant nothing to my sword.. Much Ado About Nothing - Act 5, scene 1 Glass by Samuel Evans and co, West Smethwick at St Michael Brierley Hill. #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday

There is no evil angel but love.. Love's Labor's Lost - Act 1, scene 2 Gabriel by Sidney Harold Meteyard at St Mary Moseley. The original glass was stolen in 1996, the copy was made in 1998 by David Cowan for Hardman & co. #ShakespeareSunday #stainedglasssunday

..is this letter true? Sir, as I think. Cymbeline - Act 3, scene 5 Stained glass by Kempe and Tower at St Mary Moseley #stainedglasssunday #shakespearesunday Theme: Truth & Appearances

Come not between the dragon and his wrath.. King Lear - Act 1, scene 1 St Peter and St Paul, Aston Birmingham #sundaystonework #shakespearesunday

St Bride at Holy Trinity, Stratford Upon Avon by Heaton Butler and Bayne. 1910 #stbridget #stainedglasssunday

#fontsonfriday 14thc font at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Tysoe. #warwickshire #churchfont #medieval

St Margaret, Clee St Margaret. #thicktrunktuesday

Hardman Angels from 1897 at St Mary Kidderminster. #stainedglasssunday #stainedglass #johnhardmanpowell #hardmanandco

St Milburga, Stoke St Milborough #sundayceilings

Why he a harmless necessary cat.. The Merchant of Venice - Act 4, scene 1 Detail from stone memorial at St Giles Ludford, Ludlow #caturday #shakespearesunday #sundaystonework