 | 1848 - 744 pàgines
...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... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 348 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 482 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pàgines
...delight afforded by Shakspeare to both his sovereigns, was a fact familiar to his contemporaries. " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear: And mark those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James." •(Though Elizabeth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 pàgines
...-delight afforded by Shakspeare to both his sovereigns, was a fact familiar to his contemporaries. "Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And mark those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take l.liza and our James" 2). Though Elizabeth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 540 pàgines
...true filed lines: In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As hrandish 'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were, To see thee in our water jet appear, And make those slights upon the hanks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our... | |
 | 654 pàgines
...of the first to bring forward the plays of Shakespeare. He seems to have felt with Ben Jonson — " Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear." The sight has been realized ; and the " Swan of Avon," somewhat ruffled by the neglect... | |
 | Joseph Lehmann - 1864 - 872 pàgines
...fugttifj ron bem ®eifaUe, ben fle bei ber Äönigtn Slifabetf) unb ti Icnig ЗлсоЬ I. gefunben : Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appeare, And make those flights apon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James! Uní... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pàgines
...as he meets them ' how they wear ! ' Addison . "t ... ....... , .in j, % KJ tin ,-„-„.. -^ j 38 Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were, To see thee in onr waters yet appear; And make those flight* upon the banks of Thame*, That so did take Eliza, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 426 pàgines
...PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY AJ VALPY, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET; AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. 1832. Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in oar waters yet appear; And make those flights npon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and... | |
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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 James! 
