...inscripsit flens et amans Genitor. Jonson was the first who called Shakespeare the " sweet swan of Avon;" . 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...

...regarding thé works of Shakspeare, from J. Payne Collier. 1836. 1 « Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight il were To see thee in our waters yet appear; And make those flights upon thé banks of Thames, Tbat so did take Mi/», and our James. » Quoique attaqué souvent par les allusions...

...the poet, and took great pleasure iu his compositions, is proved by Ben Jouson's well-knownlines: " Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were, To see thee in our water yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks or Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James."*...

...the poet, and took great pleasure in his compositions, is proved by Ben Jonson'swell-kuown 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 so did take Eliza and our James."*...

...true filed lines : In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. 8 9 water yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thamee That so did take Eliza and our James...

...eharm. Natnre herself was prond of his designs, And ioy'd to wear the dressing of his lines. * • • * Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in onr water yet appear, And make those flights npon the banks of Thames, That did so take Eliza and onr...

...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...

...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...

...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 : Shine forth, thou...

...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 water yet appear ; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our...