 | William Howitt - 1857 - 736 páginas
...his 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 yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James."... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1858 - 512 páginas
...true-filed liues ; In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandished at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee...flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza, aud our James ! But stay, I see thee in the hemisphere, Advanced and made a constellation there. Shine... | |
 | Allan Park Paton - 1858 - 436 páginas
...here the alteration ended, and Robert MacGregor Campbell had retired to give way to him, " Who made those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James ;" and the irritated glower of the one, became, in the other, inspiration. A herd of fancies, instead... | |
 | James Phinney Baxter - 1915 - 790 páginas
...which cannot be reconciled with the theory of the actor's non-authorship of the plays in the Folio: — Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appeare. Of course this seems to identify the actor with the author, for such an expression... | |
 | 1900 - 738 páginas
...nature's family. Yet must I not give nature ail ; thy art, M y gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. Sweet swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee...our water yet appear, And make those flights upon thé banks of Thames, That did so take Eliza, and our James ! Ben JONSON. 2. There were many little... | |
 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - 1988 - 704 páginas
...Jonson's "To the Memory of William Shakespeare," in the First Folio edition of Shakespeare's works (1623): "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 did so take Eliza, and... | |
 | 460 páginas
...brandished 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...That so did take Eliza and our James! But stay, I see thec in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there! Shine forth, thou star of poets, and... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 páginas
...frame, Or, for the laurel, he may gain a scorn; For a good poet's made, as well as born. (1. 50-59) 46 hing, to be nothing long; To pervert truth, to ride it for waters yet appear, (1. 66-67) HelP; JCP; LiTB; NoP; OAEL-1; OBS; PoEL-2; SeCP; SeCV-1; TrGrPo To William... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 páginas
...true-filed Unes; In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. fearful flight, Make war with him that climb'd unto their waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Ri™ and our... | |
 | Andrew Murphy - 1999 - 248 páginas
...favourably against European literary figures both contemporary and classical. The subsequent reference to 'those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James' reinforces the notion that Shakespeare is the poet of the British state, of two monarchs and four nations,... | |
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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! 
