...? Was not Chaucer the favourite of Edward ? — was it not " the sweet swan of Avon" that winged " those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James ?" Were Dryden, Pope, Swift, Addison, Johnson, Burke — were they all mere exceptions to the rule,...

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

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

...contemporaries. " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear: And mark those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James." f Though Elizabeth and her successor were admirers of Shakspeare, and of theatrical amusements generally,...

...-delight afforded by Shakspeare to both his sovereigns, was a fact familiar to his contemporaries. "Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And mark those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take l.liza and our...

...delight afforded by Shakspeare to both his sovereigns, was a fact familiar to his contemporaries. " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear: And mark those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our...

...? Was not Chaucer the favourite of Edward ? — was it not " the sweet swan of Avon" that winged " those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James?" Were Dryden, Pope, Swift, Addison, Johnson, Burke — were they all mere exceptions to the rule, that...

...! what a sight it were, To see thee in our water jet appear, And make those slights upon the hanks 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, thou star of poets, and with rage, Or influence,...

...each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon I what a sight it were, To see thee in our water yet appear, And make those slights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James ! But stay, I see thee in the...

...true filed lines: In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As hrandish 'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were, To see thee in our water jet appear, And make those slights upon the hanks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James...