Brewer's: Swan of Avon

(The), or Sweet Swan of Avon. Shakespeare is so called by Ben Jonson because his home was on the Avon. (1564-1616.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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