 The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water...  The Works of Shakespere - Page 534by William Shakespeare - 1843Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Octavius Freire Owen Owen - Queens - 1854 - 452 pages
...better than give the picture drawn of this historical scene by the hand of our greatest poet : — " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned....made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amoroua of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion... | |
 | Mrs. Octavius Freire Owen Owen - Queens - 1854 - 426 pages
...scene by the hand of our greatest poet : — " The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the...made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion,... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - Art and science - 1854 - 56 pages
...serpent of old Nile — sailing down the Cydnus to make captive of the valiant but voluptuous Anthony : " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned...silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke." * While this Lecture is going through the press, the telegraph informs us that the Great Republic nas... | |
 | Edward Morse - 1855 - 156 pages
...that exquisite picture drawn by Shakspeare : — "The barge she sat in like a burnish'd throne Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person It beggar'd all description ; she did lie In her pavilion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 630 pages
...devis'd well for her. Eno. I will tell you : ls The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion... | |
 | George William Curtis - Egypt - 1856 - 384 pages
...the queen's barge, sumptuously gliding upon the golden gleam ? Behold it, dreamer, where it comes : " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion... | |
 | George William Curtis - Egypt - 1856 - 382 pages
...barge, sumptuously gliding upon the golden gleam ? Behold it, dreamer, where it comes : " The barge sbe sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 630 pages
...to her. Eno. When she first met Marc Antony, she pursed up his heart, upon the river of Cydnus. Ayr. There she appeared indeed ! or my reporter devised...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion... | |
 | New York (N.Y.) - 1857 - 396 pages
...Cleopatra and her royal cortege, as she presented herself to Antony, is thus portrayed by Shakspeare : " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned...were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke. " For her own person, It beggared all description : She did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1858 - 736 pages
...reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion,... | |
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