Rockville Centre in Nassau County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Shakespeare Garden
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, November 22, 2025
1. Shakespeare Garden Marker
Professor of English and Theology
1949 2013
Consider that I labored
not for myself only,
but for all them that seek learning.
Ecclesiasticus 33: 18
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Education.
Location. 40° 41.161′ N, 73° 37.637′ W. Marker is in Rockville Centre, New York, in Nassau County. It can be reached from Hempstead Avenue west of Beech Street, on the right when traveling south. Located on Molloy University campus, adjacent to the Madison Theatre. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1000 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Centre NY 11570, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the New York City Metropolitan Area and on Long Island. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Molloy University 9/11 Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Principals Corner (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Changing Water Levels of Hempstead Lake (approx. one mile away); Carman-Irish House (approx. 1.1 miles away); S/SGT. Alain Tremblay (approx. 1.1 miles away); Hempstead Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial Tree (approx. 1.2 miles away); Clowes & Denton Homes (approx. 1.3 miles away).
Also see . . .
1. Molloy University. (Submitted on December 6, 2025, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
2. Molloy University (Wikipedia). (Submitted on December 6, 2025, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, November 22, 2025
2. Shakespeare Garden Marker
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, November 22, 2025
3. Daisies and Violets
When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white and cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight,
(Song, Loves Labors Lost, V.ii. lines 904909)
(Song, Loves Labors Lost, V.ii. lines 904909)
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, November 22, 2025
4. Lily
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
(Sonnet XCIV, lines 1314)
(Sonnet XCIV, lines 1314)
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, November 22, 2025
5. Milkweed
O thou weed, who art so lovely, fair, and smell so sweet.
That the sense aches at thee, would thou hadst ne'er been born.
(Othello, Othello, IV,ii,lines 67-69)
That the sense aches at thee, would thou hadst ne'er been born.
(Othello, Othello, IV,ii,lines 67-69)
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, November 22, 2025
6. Rose
The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem.
(Sonnet LIV, line 3)
(Sonnet LIV, line 3)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 6, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 128 times since then and 92 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 6, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
