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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... "
University Lectures Delivered by Members of the Faculty in the Free Public ... - Page 155
by University of Pennsylvania - 1919
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 183

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...
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Poems, with illustrative remarks [ed. by W.C. Oulton]. To which is ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...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...stay — I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and make a constellation there: * Ben, not satisfied with allowing his friend all natural powers, fives...
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An Examination of the Charges Maintained by Messrs. Malone, Chalmers, and ...

Octavius Gilchrist - 1808 - 74 pages
...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...yet appear; And make those flights upon the banks of Thame% That so did take Eliza, and our James! But stay; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...sight it were, That so did take Eliza, and our James! And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, But stay; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there:— Or influence, chide, or cheer, the drooping stage; Shine forth, thou star of poets; and with rage,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 5

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...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,...Shine forth, thou star of poets, and with rage, Or inBuencc, chide, or cheer the drooping stage, Which, since thy flight from hence, bath mourn'd like...
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 3

James Peller Malcolm - Clothing and dress - 1811 - 346 pages
...! 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 James !...and made a Constellation there! Shine forth, thou Starre of Poets, and with rage, Or influence, hide, or cheere the drooping Stage ; Which, since thy...
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to ...

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...
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Aphorisms from Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...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...flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Euza, and our James! But stay ; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there...
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Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - English drama (Comedy) - 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...banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James ! " King John, King Richard the Second, King Richard the Third, A Midsummer-Nights Dream, and the original...
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The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory ..., Volume 8

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...
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