 | 1848 - 744 pagine
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pagine
...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...of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James! But stay; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there : — Shine forth,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pagine
...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...banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James! But stay — I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and make a constellation there: * Ben, not satisfied... | |
 | Octavius Gilchrist - 1808 - 74 pagine
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pagine
...some degrees." 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...of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James! But stay; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there : — Shine forth,... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 348 pagine
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pagine
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 pagine
...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... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 482 pagine
...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... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1817 - 708 pagine
...contemporary notoriety ; for Jonson, in his celebrated eulogy, thus apostrophises his departed friend : — " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee...of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James." That Eh'zabeth « gave him many gracious marks of her favour," has been mentioned by Rowe as a matter... | |
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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... 
