...court. ' 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 account-books of the revels at court between the years 1588 and 1604, which would vouch to Shakspeare's...

...said realms and dominions," &c. So that we see Ben Jonson uses no hyperbole when he speaks of — " Those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James," 1605. On 24th July, 1605, " Wm. Shakespere, of Stratforduppon-Avon," bought from Ralph Hubande theunexpired...

...river : — " Sweet swan nf 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 I" So wrote Jonson in his manly lines, ' To the Memory of my Beloved, vhe Author Mr. William Shakespeare,...

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...the court. ' Sweet Bwnn 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 aud our James !' The account-books of the revels at court between the years 1588 and 1004, which would...

...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 !' Elizabeth could hardly, as Mr Dyce remarks, ' have been insensible to the most enchanting compliment...

...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 James ! But stay ; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there : — Shine forth,...

...dramatist. ' Sweet Swan of Avon, what a eight it were, To see thee in our waters yet appear ; And make these flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and our James.' ' Eliza and our James ' would not, however, so continuously have patronized Ben Jonson had he confined...

...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 Eliza and our Jama. These princes, then, were taken, were fascinated, with some of Shakspeare's dramas. In Elizabeth...

...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 James! Bnt stay, I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation there! Shine forth, then...