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" Who is Silvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend her ? Holy, fair and wise is she ; The heaven such grace did lend her That she might admired be. Is she kind as she is fair ? for beauty lives with kindness : Love doth to her eyes repair, To help... "
The Works of Shakespeare - Page 29
by William Shakespeare - 1862
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English Lyric Poetry, 1500-1700

Frederic Ives Carpenter - 1897 - 350 pages
...Chorus. Philomel, with melody, &c. From The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act iv. So. i. T1THO is Silvia? what is she, The heaven such grace did lend her, That she...eyes repair, To help him of his blindness, And, being helped, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: A-Z

Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - 1897 - 680 pages
...Verona ' WHO is Silvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend her ? Holy, fair, and wise as free : The heaven such grace did lend her. That she might...eyes repair, To help him of his blindness; And being helped, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling; She excels each mortal...
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English lyrics from Spenser to Milton, intr. by J. Dennis

John Dennis - 1898 - 250 pages
...Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, SILVIA W. SHAKESPEARE WHO is Silvia ? What is she, That all our swains commend...repair, To help him of his blindness ; And, being helped, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal...
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Songs from the Plays of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, Ernest Rhys - 1898 - 130 pages
...criticism, however ardent, can do little with them. ERNEST RHYS. SONGS FROM THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE WHO is Silvia ? what is She That all our swains commend...eyes repair To help him of his blindness, And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal...
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The Shakespeare Anthology: 1592-1616 A. D.

Edward Arber - 1899 - 334 pages
...way; And merrily hent the -stile a ! A merry heart goes all the day; Your sad, tires in a mile a ! WHO is SILVIA ? What is she, That all our Swains commend...repair, To help him of his blindness ; And, being helped, inhabits there ! Then to SILVIA, let us sing, ' That SILVIA is excelling ! ' She excels each...
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by ..., Volume 1

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1899 - 626 pages
...thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise : Arise, arise. SILVIA. [From The Two Gentlemen of Verona.] Who is Silvia? what is she, That all our swains commend...eyes repair, To help him of his blindness, And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal...
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The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1899 - 428 pages
...but, peace ! let 's hear 'em. SONG. Who is Silvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend her? «0 Holy, fair and wise is she ; The heaven such grace...eyes repair, To help him of his blindness, And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; 50 She excels each mortal...
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Shakespeare in Music: A Collation of the Chief Musical Allusions in the ...

Louis Charles Elson - 1900 - 408 pages
...[Music flays. Host. Hark! hark! Julia. Is he among these ? Host. Ay; but peace ! let's hear 'em. SONG. 1 Who is Silvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend...eyes repair, To help him of his blindness; And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling; She excels each mortal...
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The Vale Shakespeare, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1901 - 116 pages
...but, peace ! let 's hear 'em. Song. Who is Silvia t what is she, That all our swains commend her t Holy, fair, and wise is she; The heaven such grace...eyes repair, To help him of his blindness, And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal...
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The English Poets, Volume 1

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 628 pages
...thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise. SILVIA. [From Thi Two Gentlemen of Ftrona.] Who is Silvia? what is she, That all our swains commend...eyes repair, To help him of his blindness, And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal...
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