 | William Shakespeare - 1866 - 588 pages
...true-file'd lines ; 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...waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the bants of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James ! But stay ; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd,... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...true-filed lines : 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 water yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1866 - 312 pages
...hast one to show, To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe ; He was not of an age, but for all time. Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in thy waters yet appear — But stay ! I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 530 pages
...true-filed lines : 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 nights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James ! But stay, I see thee in the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 pages
...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 in our waters yet appear, And make those nights upon the hanks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James," is no vague homage from Jonson... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 pages
...that of the Court, the testimony, imperfect as it is, is entirely conclusive. " Sweet Swan of Avon 1 what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear. And make those flights upon the hanks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James," is no vague homage from Jonson to the memory... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1870 - 290 pages
...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 nights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James.* These princes, then r were... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...Mercury, to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his 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 did so take Eliza and our James.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1871 - 996 pages
...true-filed lines; 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 moke those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James ! But stay ; I see... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...true filed lines ; 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 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 water yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James! 
