 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 pagine
...In his well formed and true iiled lines, In each of which he seems to Shake-a-lance, As brandished at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet Swan of Avon! what...see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those (lights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James. ****** Shine forth, thou Starre... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 654 pagine
...Nature's family. Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee...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, thou star of poets ;... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 728 pagine
...Nature's family. Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee...so did take Eliza and our James. But stay ; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there : Shine forth, thou star of poets ;... | |
 | George F. Crook - 1885 - 106 pagine
...doth live. In alluding to the admiration of Elizabeth and James for Shakespeare's Plays, he wrote : Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee...banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James. And again: "I loved the man and do honour his memory (on this side idolatry) as much as any. He was... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1886 - 296 pagine
...motion of royal favour 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...banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James. These princes, then, were taken, were fascinated, with some of Shakspeare's dramas. In Elizabeth the... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Addington Symonds - 1886 - 430 pagine
...even so the race Of Shakespeare's mind and manners brightly shines In his well turned, and true filed lines ; in each of which he seems to shake a lance,...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... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1886 - 432 pagine
...such wert thou. Look, how the father's face Lives in his issue ; even so the race Of Shakespeare's mind and manners brightly shines, In his well-turned...a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance." And the concluding lines of this " Eulogy," in which the volume itself still makes the principal figure,... | |
 | Robert Waters - 1888 - 362 pagine
...witty Plautus, now not please ; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee...banks of Thames That so did take Eliza, and our James ! Could there be any higher praise ? Could there be any fuller or better appreciation of Shakespeare's... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1888 - 296 pagine
...motion of royal favour 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...banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James. These princes, then, were taken, were fascinated, with some of Shakspeare's dramas. In Elizabeth the... | |
 | James Appleton Morgan - 1888 - 360 pagine
...In his well-turned and true-filled lines: In each of which he seems to shake a lance As brandished at the eyes of Ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon, what...And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That did so take Eliza and our James ! Shine forth, thou Star of Poets, and with rage Or influence chide... | |
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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! 
