...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...

...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...

...- but peace, let's hear 'em. Song. Who is Silvia? What is she, That all our swains commend her? 40 Holy, fair, and wise is she; The heaven such grace...lives with kindness. Love doth to her eyes repair, 46 To help him of his blindness, 47 And, being helped, inhabits there. 25 own own sake 27 allycholly...

...plays. HOST. Hark, hark! JULIA. Is he among these? HOST. Ay: but, peace! let's hear 'em. Song. Who else beshrew them both. JULIET. Amen! NURSE. What?...make confession, and to be absolved. NURSE. Marry, excelu-g; She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling: To her let us garlands bring....

...trimeter with extrametrical ity x/x/x/x to give a rhythm which can continue through the whole stanza. Who is Silvia? what is she. That all our swains commend...such grace did lend her. That she might admired be. William Shakespeare, from The Two Gentlemen of Verona. 1623 (J:569) Sometimes run-on rhythms can be...

...Swains com -mend her? Ho - ly, fair, and wise is she, W -» — *The heav'n such grace did lend her, Who is Silvia? what is she? That all our Swains commend...lives with kindness: Love doth to her eyes repair, that she might ad - mi red be. To help him of his blindness: And being help'd, inhabits there. Then...

...PROTEUS enters. JULIA: That will be music. HOST: Hark, hark! PROTEUS sings up to a window. PROTEUS: Who is Silvia? What is she, That all our swains commend...such grace did lend her, That she might admired be. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling; She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth...

...friends over the phone as a Valentine, as if it were a collegiate glee number from 1928: Who is Sylvia? What is she, That all our swains commend her? Holy,...such grace did lend her, That she might admired be. Young Sylvie, when she stopped laughing at the rendition, scolded them all for singing without her....

...indeed, what could be lovelier than "Who is Sylvia" from The Two Gentlemen from Verona: 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 Upon the dull earth dwelling....