 Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James!  Shakespeare the Man and His Stage - Page 37de Edmund Arnold Greening Lamborn, George Bagshawe Harrison - 1923 - 128 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1848 - 744 pages
...the favour of Queen Elizabeth and James admits of no dispute. Jonson's evidence is quite sufficient. Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee on our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pages
...shines In his well-toned and true-filed lines; In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James! But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...his well-turned, and true- filed lines ; In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance, Sweet swan of Avon! what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James! But... | |
 | Octavius Gilchrist - 1808 - 74 pages
...shine* In his well-torned and true-filed lines; In each of which he seems to shake a lance As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, TO see thee in our waters yet appear; And make those flights upon the banks of Thame% That so did take Eliza, and our James! But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...go beyond him in literature some degrees." In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters yet appear; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James! But... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 pages
...In his well-turned, and true filed lines : In each of which be seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were, To see thee in our water yet appear, And make those slights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 348 pages
...live, to act a second Part. Thats but an Exit of Mortality ; This a Re-entrance to a Plaudite." IM (e Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appeare, And make those flights upon the bankes of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...shines In his weli-torhed and true-filed lines ; In each of which he seems to shake a lance Asbrandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were, \ To see thee in our waters yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Euza, and our James! But... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 pages
...first conquest of the Queen. That he did captivate her, is told us in Ben Jonson's poem just quoted : " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James ! " King... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 482 pages
...bestowed upon him by " old Ben, who persecuted his memory with clumsy sarcasm, and restless malignity.'' Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our... | |
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