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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... "
Foliorum silvula, selections for translation into Latin and Greek verse, by ... - Page 189
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Shakespeare in His Context: The Constellated Globe

Muriel Clara Bradbrook - Drama - 1989 - 238 pages
...her suitors to be sung at Silvia's window - in Schubert's setting, the best known words of this play: Who is Silvia? what is she That all our swains commend...such grace did lend her That she might admired be. (IV.ii.38-42.) 'Admired' - a wonder, like the 'most admired' Miranda; not a mortal but to her lover...
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Laura: Uncovering Gender and Genre in Wyatt, Donne and Marvell

Barbara L. Estrin - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 366 pages
...(The Differend, p. 138) of Wyatt's troubling immersions. Donne I Who is Silvia? What is she That all swains commend her? Holy, fair, and wise is she, The...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 Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...[Music plays. HOST. Hark, hark! JULIA. Is he among these? HOST. Ay: but, peace! let's hear 'em. Song. sh nation, if they have a good thing, to make it too common. If ye help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling; She excels each mortal...
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Shakespeare in Opera, Ballet, Orchestral Music, and Song: An Introduction to ...

Arthur Graham - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 244 pages
...That all our swains commend her? swain— young man in love 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 help'd, 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 - African Americans - 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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The Two Gentlemen of Verona

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2000 - 132 pages
...- 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...
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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1989 - 1286 pages
...[Music plays. HOST. Hark, hark! JULIA. Is he among these? HOST. Ay: but, peace! let's hear 'em. Song. oo; else beshrew them both. JULIET. Amen! NURSE. What?...make confession, and to be absolved. NURSE. Marry, help'd, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelu-g; She excels each mortal...
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Language and Literary Structure: The Linguistic Analysis of Form in Verse ...

Nigel Fabb - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2002 - 244 pages
...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...
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Shakespeare's Songbook, Volume 1

Ross W. Duffin - Art - 2004 - 536 pages
...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...
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Scene-speare! : Shakespearean Scenes for Student Actors

William Shakespeare, Lindsay Price, Theatrefolk - Acting - 2004 - 168 pages
...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...
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