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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... "
The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere - Page 48
by William Shakespeare - 1851
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Songs from the British Drama

Edward Bliss Reed - 1925 - 404 pages
...merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. THE TEMPEST, v. 1. WHO is Sylvia? what is she? That all our swains commend her? Holy,...blindness: And being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Sylvia, let us sing, That Sylvia is excelling; She exceeds each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling....
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Listening Lessons in Music, Graded for Schools

Agnes Moore Fryberger - 1925 - 322 pages
..."Who is Sylvia? What is she That all our swains commend her? Holy, fair, and wise is she : The heavens such grace did lend her That she might admired be....eyes repair, To help him of his blindness, And being helped inhabits there. Then to Sylvia let us sing, That Sylvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal...
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Lyrics from the Old Song Books

Edmondstoune Duncan - 1927 - 634 pages
...by Sir Hubert Parry, in English Lyrics, Bk. II (Novello). 156. • Who is Sylvia ? WHO is Sylvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend her ? Holy,...eyes repair, To help him of his blindness ; And being helped, inhabits there. Then to Sylvia let us sing, That Sylvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal...
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Lyrics from the Old Song Books

Edmondstoune Duncan - 1927 - 658 pages
...by Sir Hubert Parry, in English Lyrics, Bit. II (Novello). 156. Who is Sylvia ? WHO is Sylvia ? ^hat is she, That all our swains commend her ? Holy, fair,...eyes repair, To help him of his blindness ; And being helped, inhabits there. Then to Sylvia let us sing, That Sylvia is excelling ; She excels each mortal...
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Heath Readings in the Literature of England

Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 pages
...note, 35 While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. 1598 WHO IS SILVIA WHO is Silvia? what is she? 260 261 By * helped, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling; She excels each mortal...
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Bulletin of the Carnegie Institute, Volumes 1-2

1927 - 666 pages
...Wagner number with Schubert's lovely setting of Shakespeare's song, "Who is Sylvia?" Who is Sylvia? What is she, That all our swains commend her? Holy,...blindness; And, being help'd, inhabits there. Then to Sylvia let us sing, That Sylvia is excelling; She excels each mortal thing When the shades of evening...
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Elizabethan Lyrics from the Original Texts

Norman Ault - 1928 - 566 pages
...of mortal tell. Shakespeare. Ibid. wished] 1632, and Pastionate Pilyrim, 1599 ; wish, 1598 and 1623. WHO is Silvia ? what is she, \ That all our swains...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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Adventures in Reading, Volume 5

Edward Ehrlich Smith, Orton Lowe, Iona Jewell Simpson - 1928 - 458 pages
...to its melody and find out why the maiden is loved and admired. Memorize the stanza you like best. 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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Selected Poems

William Shakespeare - 1995 - 136 pages
...shows are more than will; for still we prove Much in our vows but little in our love. Act 4, Sc. 2 Who is Silvia? What is she, That all our swains commend...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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Nigger Heaven

Carl Van Vechten - 2000 - 336 pages
...Perfectly. Webb pawed about among his music again and eventually dragged out another song. Who is Sylvia? what is she? That all our swains commend her: Holy,...to her eyes repair, To help him of his blindness. Very pretty, Hester pronounced, stifling a yawn. Classic and sweet, Orville asserted. A true gem. A...
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