 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 páginas
...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...banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James," is no vague homage from Jonson to the memory of his " beloved friend ;" but the record of a fact. The... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 páginas
...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 Kliza and our James ! But stay, I sec thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 páginas
...sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thame* Advanced, and made a constellation there 1 Shine forth, thou Star of Poets, and with rage, Or influence,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 páginas
...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... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 318 páginas
...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 flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eiiza... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 492 páginas
...its associations with Shakspere. His contemporaries connected his fame with his native river : — " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee...banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James !" So wrote Jonson in his manly lines, " To the Memory of my Beloved, the Author, Mr. William Shakspere,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 306 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 500 páginas
...his noble poem, " To the Memory of my beloved Mr. William Shakespeare, and what he hath left us 7 " "Sweet Swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see...banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James ! " So that, upon the whole, we can by no means bring ourselves to regard the forecited tradition with... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 480 páginas
...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...flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Elizu and our James.' These princes, then, were taken, were fascinated, with some of Shakspeare's dramas.... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 302 páginas
...which leave no room for doubt, exclaims, ' Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee ia our waters yet appear; And make those flights upon...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... | |
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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... 
