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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! "
The Works of William Shakespeare - Page cxlviii
by William Shakespeare - 1857
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Poems, with illustrative remarks [ed. by W.C. Oulton]. To which is ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...even so the race Of Shakespeare's mind and manners brightly shines In his well-turned, and true- filed lines ; In each of which he seems to shake a lance,...stay — I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and make a constellation there: * Ben, not satisfied with allowing his friend all natural powers, fives...
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An Examination of the Charges Maintained by Messrs. Malone, Chalmers, and ...

Octavius Gilchrist - 1808 - 74 pages
...father's face Lives in his issue ; even so the race Of Shakspeare's mind and manners brightly shine* In his well-torned and true-filed lines; In each of...yet appear; And make those flights upon the banks of Thame% That so did take Eliza, and our James! But stay; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 5

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...Shakspeare's mind and manners brightly shines In his well-turned, and true filed lines : In each of which be seems to shake a lance, As brandish'd at the eyes...of Avon ! 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...
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Aphorisms from Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...shines In his weli-torhed and true-filed lines ; In each of which he seems to shake a lance Asbrandish'd at the eyes of ignorance. Sweet Swan of Avon, what...flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Euza, and our James! But stay ; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there...
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Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - English drama (Comedy) - 1872 - 480 pages
...first conquest of the Queen. That he did captivate her, is told us in Ben Jonson's poem just quoted : " Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were To see thee...banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James ! " King John, King Richard the Second, King Richard the Third, A Midsummer-Nights Dream, and the original...
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The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory ..., Volume 8

Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 pages
...sarcasm, and restless malignity.'' Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our water yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks...our James ! But stay, I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there ! Shine forth, thou Star of poets, and with rage, Or influence,...
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Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1817 - 708 pages
...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...of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James." That Eh'zabeth « gave him many gracious marks of her favour," has been mentioned by Rowe as a matter...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 548 pages
...even so the race Of Shakspeare's mind and manners brightly shine:. In his well-turned, and true filed lines: In each of which he seems to shake a lance,...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...
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The plays and poems of Shakspeare [according to the text of E ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 pages
...contemporary notoriety; for Ben Jonson, in his celebrated eulogy, thus apostrophises his departed friend : — Sweet swan of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee...banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James. The latter monarch was present at the representation of many of his pieces, and is stated by Lintot...
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The complete works of William Shakspeare, with notes by the most ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 790 pages
...his issue ; even so the race Of Shaksneare's mind, and manners, brightly shines In his well-turned thly world ; where, to do harm. Is often laudable ; to do good, sometime. thcc in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there : — Shine forth, thou star of poets...
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