 | England - 1825 - 806 pages
...? Was not Chaucer the favourite of Edward ? — was it not " the sweet swan of Avon" that winged " those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James ?" Were Dryden, Pope, Swift, Addison, Johnson, Burke — were they all mere exceptions to the rule,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1817 - 708 pages
...contemporary notoriety ; for Jonson, in his celebrated eulogy, thus apostrophises his departed friend : — " 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Theater - 1821 - 668 pages
...limali versus. 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... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - Dramatists, English - 1824 - 402 pages
...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." f Though Elizabeth and her successor were admirers of Shakspeare, and of theatrical amusements generally,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 pages
...-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... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...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... | |
 | Scotland - 1825 - 810 pages
...? Was not Chaucer the favourite of Edward ? — was it not " the sweet swan of Avon" that winged " those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James?" Were Dryden, Pope, Swift, Addison, Johnson, Burke — were they all mere exceptions to the rule, that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 548 pages
...! 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 James! But stay, I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there ! Shine forth, thou star of poets, and with rage, Or influence,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 544 pages
...each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon I 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 ! But stay, I see thee in the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 540 pages
...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 James... | |
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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! 
