 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1856 - 596 pages
...before his time, is deeply interesting. That he was estimated highly we know from Jonson himself: " 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 did so take Eliza and our James."... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...were in their prime, When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm. Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee...did take Eliza and our James ! But stay, I see thee hi the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there ! Shine forth, thou Star of Poets ! and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 666 pages
...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...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 574 pages
...art alive still, while thy book doth live, And we have wits to read, and praise to give. * * * • * Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear, And make those nights upon the hanks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our Jama t But stay, I see thee in the hemisphere... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 354 pages
...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 .Tames. The latter monarch was present at the representation of many of his pieces, and is stated by... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 668 pages
...Ben Jonson that she justly appreciated the dramatist who was the brightest ornament of her reign ; " 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 Thai so did take Eliza and our James... | |
 | William Henry Smith - Catholics - 1857 - 190 pages
...true-filed lines : In each of which, he seems to shake a Lance, As brandish't at the eyes of Ignorance. Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appeare, And make those nights upon the bankes of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 140 pages
...true-filed lines : In each of which, he seems to shake a Lance, As brandish't at the eyes of Ignorance. Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appeare, And make those flights upon the bankes of Thames, That BO did take Eliza, and our... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - Warwickshire (England) - 1857 - 210 pages
...only a few brief quotations. It was Ben Jonson who styled our poet the " Sweet Swan of Avon" — " 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 - 1857 - 386 pages
...COLLEGE, OXFORD. IN riETEEN YOLTTMES. VOL. II. LONDON : HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1857. Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters yec appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our... | |
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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! 
