Sonnets of Shakespeare's Ghost

Hadst thou been such as, boasting of their birth, / Pass by the humbler-born with proud disdain, / Making self-merit of the antique worth / Whereby some sire that state for them did gain;

Had riches' dross so reign'd in thy respect, / That riches' lack were deem'd by thee disgrace; / Of thy rare parts had 't been the rude effect, / That cruel pride held gentle pity's place;