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! Biographical Essays - Page 19by Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
| English essays - 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... | |
| James Peller Malcolm - Costume - 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... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 654 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1832 - 426 pages
...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... | |
| Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...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 - 1836 - 570 pages
...true filed lines : In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandished at the eves of ignorance. blows I bear. I should kick, being kick'd ; and, being at th water yet appear, And make those slights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our... | |
| 546 pages
...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... | |
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