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" 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 which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of... "
Quotations from Shakespeare, a collection of passages selected and arranged ... - Page 148
by William Shakespeare - 1867
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 5

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 430 pages
...the Cydnus. It is thus given in Shakespeare : I The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Bum'd on the water : The poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue, O'er-pkturing that Venus, where we see The fancy outwork nature...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...tell you: The barge she sat in, like a burnish 'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaien gold; Purple the sails, and .so perfumed, that The...person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue), O*er-picturing that Venus, where we see The fancy out-work nature:...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 12

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 454 pages
...of the tenth book of the Odyssey: " In a throne she plac'd " My welcome person. Of a curious frame The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were...person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see 9 , The fancy out-work...
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Mémoires ... qui ont remporté le prix et les accessit de la ..., Volume 2

Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique - 1822 - 878 pages
...love-sick with them: the oars were silver, •' Which to the tone of flutes kept stroke , and made ˙ The water , which they beat , to follow faster, »...person , » It beggar'd all description : she did lie a In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue). » C'er-picturing that venus, where we see × The fancy...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: Julius Caesar ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 346 pages
...reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne,s Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple...person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue) O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see, The fancy out-work nature...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : The barge she sat in, like a bumish'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person. It bcggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'er-picturing that...
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The Plays, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 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...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...
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Addresses Delivered at the Triennial Celebration ...

1824 - 706 pages
...captive of the valiant but voluptuous Anthony : "The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water ; the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...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...
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The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 8

Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 556 pages
...she came from Egypt. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water : the stern was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed,...oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept time, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...sat iu, like a buroish'd throne, Burn'd on the waier : the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sail?, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with...silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and mad« The water, which they beat, to fo'!ow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person,...
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