Re: Who is Silvia

[Bryan Dongray <btd@cray.com>]

Mark Beale on Wed Oct  8 10:06:53 1997 wrote:
> Karen Newcombe wrote:
> > "Who is Sylvia? What is she that I should recommend her?"
> > 
> > My memory dredges this up as the first line of the poem,
> > but I don't remember off the top who wrote it.  Anyone?
> 
> I actually know that one (shock!).
> 
> It's from Shakespeare's TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, Act IV, Scene II:
> 
> Host	Ay: but, peace! let's hear 'em.
> 
> 	SONG.
> 	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.

Wow, what an amazing memory!

Check out the whole play at:
	http://www.gh.cs.usyd.edu.au/~matty/Shakespeare/texts/comedies/twogentlemenofverona_4.html
although there is bound to be other places.
Anyway it gives the whole song, which is what I wanted to see.

			Bryan Dongray