 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 318 Seiten
...motion of royal favor towards Shakspeare. Now he, in words which leave no room for doubt, exclaims, " 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 Eiiza... | |
 | lord William Pitt Lennox - 1851 - 870 Seiten
...of the first to bring forward the plays of Shakspeare. 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 and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 500 Seiten
...his noble poem, " To the Memory of my beloved Mr. William Shakespeare, and what he hath left us 7 " "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... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 480 Seiten
...motion of royal favor towards Shakspeare. Now he, in words which leave no room for doubt, exclaims, ' 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 Elizu and our... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 492 Seiten
...its associations with Shakspere. His contemporaries connected his fame with his native river : — " 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... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 306 Seiten
...motion of royal favor towards Shakspeare. Now he, in words which leave no room for doubt, exclaims, ' 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... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - 1852 - 232 Seiten
...as well as he pleased Elizabeth ; that he ia popular with the Stuart as well as the Tndor :— •' 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 1" Bui... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 916 Seiten
...true-filed lines ; In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. n't : and now farewell, Till half an hour hence. Per 0 appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James. But... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1853 - 352 Seiten
...dropped tears over his new-made grave at Stratford, on the river Avon, in his mournfulness he sung — " Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear ! But stay ! I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 Seiten
...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 in our water yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James ! But... | |
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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! 
