 | England - 1856 - 586 pages
...associations with Shakspere. His conteraporarie connected his fame with his native river : — " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our...flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our Jame« !" So wrote Jonson in his manly lines, " To the Memory of my Beloved, the Author, Mr.... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1856 - 596 pages
...time, is deeply interesting. That he was estimated highly we know from Jonson himself: " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters...And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That did so take Eliza and our James." When the two monarchs under whom Shakspeare lived admired and patronized... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - Warwickshire (England) - 1857 - 210 pages
...brief quotations. It was Ben Jonson who styled our poet the " Sweet Swan of Avon" — " Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our...flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James 1 " The lines of Gray, in his " Progress of Poesy," have been much and deservedly admired... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1857 - 736 pages
...is deeply interesting. That he was estimated highly we know from Jonson himself : — '* Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters...flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James." When the two monarchs under whom Shakspeare lived admired and patronized him, we may... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 354 pages
...; for Ben Jonson, in his celebrated eulogy, thus apostrophises his departed friend : — Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our...upon the banks of Thames, That so did take .Eliza and our .Tames. The latter monarch was present at the representation of many of his pieces, and is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 668 pages
...that she justly appreciated the dramatist who was the brightest ornament of her reign ; " Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters...appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames Thai so did take Eliza and our James !"-''' " To the Memory of my beloved, the author, Mr. William... | |
 | William Henry Smith - Catholics - 1857 - 188 pages
...lines : In each of which, he seems to shake a Lance, As brandish't at the eyes of Ignorance. Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appeare, And make those flights upon the bankes of Thames, That so did take .Eliza, and our James !... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 pages
...which, he seems to shake a Lance, As brandish't at the eyes of Ignorance. * /. «. turned. Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appeare, And make those flights upon the bankes of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James !... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 386 pages
...IN riETEEN YOLTTMES. VOL. II. LONDON : HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1857. Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters yec appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...their prime, When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm. 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... | |
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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... 
