 | James Hain Friswell - 1864 - 170 Seiten
...towards the end is a couplet with the epithet which has become an universal synonym for the poet — " Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appeare." But that which concerns us now, is, that it is in the commendatory verses published... | |
 | Stephen Watson Fullom - 1864 - 394 Seiten
...know indeed from one of his contemporaries, and no one can question what is sung by Ben Jonson:— " 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... | |
 | Richard Grant White - 1865 - 450 Seiten
...are from Jonson's verses in memory of Shakespeare, which were published in the folio of 1623 : — " Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appeare, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1865 - 436 Seiten
...doubt alludes to their estimation of him, both as an actor and a writer, in the wellknown lines, — " Sweet swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee on our waters yet appear, And make those nights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 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... | |
 | Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 Seiten
...into being scenes unknown before, And, passing Nature's bounds, was something more. CHURCHILL. III. 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 please Eliza and our... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1866 - 312 Seiten
...hast one to show, To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe ; He was not of an age, but for all time. Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in thy waters yet appear — But stay ! I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 Seiten
...of Shakspere. As for that of the Court, the testimony, imperfect as it is, is entirely conclusive. " Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those nights upon the hanks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James,"... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 Seiten
...Mercury, to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines. 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 did so take Eliza and our James. But... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1870 - 290 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 nights upon the banks 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! 
