 The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burned on the water. The poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were lovesick with them. The oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which...  Jacob Faithful - Page 240by Frederick Marryat - 1834 - 307 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 436 pages
...the noted descriptions of the voyage of Cleopatra down the Cydnus. It is thus given in Shakespeare : The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned....strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue), O'cr-picturing I lint Vcuus, where we see.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 426 pages
...the oars were silver; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they heat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'er.picturing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 526 pages
...the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they heat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It heggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue), O'er-picturing that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1825 - 936 pages
...oars were silver : Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, anil made The water, which they ticat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It hrcioir'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'erpicturing... | |
 | 1834 - 590 pages
...them ; the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, aud made The water, which thev beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes....shut your pan," said one of the women, angrily. " Her gentlewoR'en.like the Naiades, So many mermaids tend her." " Mind what you're arter, or your mouth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 pages
...Cydnus.3 Agr. There she appeared, indeed ; or my reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : The barge she sat in like a burnished throne, Burned...strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description ; she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see,... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...gifted souls and high ! Is not such their destiny ? HYPERBOLE. CLEOPATRA UPON THE CYDNUS.— SHAKSPEARE. The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned...strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see The... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 526 pages
...Cydnus.2 Agr. There she appeared, indeed ; or my reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : The barge she sat in like a burnished throne, Burned...strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description ; she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 534 pages
...her. t Agr. There she appeared, indeed; or my reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you: Tho barge she sat in like a burnished throne, Burned on...strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description; she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see, The... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1841 - 446 pages
...the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, aud made The water, which they heat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her p ivilion (cloth of gold, of tissue), O'erpicturiug that... | |
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