 | David Lindsay - 1806 - 494 pages
...the English writers seem to have dropped the adverb, ornatlie. In the dgonistes, it is asked : — " What thing of sea, or land, " Female of sex, it seems, " That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, " Comes this way, sailing ?" Haith ' done indyte, quhais supreme sapience... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...fine, Just, or unjust, alike seem miserable, For oft alike both come to evil end. But who i« this, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems, That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing • Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...him in his state calamitous, and turn His labours, for thou canst, to peaceful end. But who is this, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems, That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1817 - 406 pages
...whom I have never yet seen Sir W. (Looking towards the entrance from the lawn.} " But who is this ? What thing of sea or land ? " Female of sex it seems...bedecked, ornate, and gay, " Comes this way sailing. Enter Miss Gallagher. Miss G. Sir, I beg pardon. — But I was told Miss O'Hara would wish to speak... | |
 | Walter Scott - English fiction - 1818 - 386 pages
...Church, which takes place usually in the latter end of the month of May. CHAPTER XIII. But who is this ? what thing of sea or land— Female of sex it seems — That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing J MILTON. NOT long after the incident of the Bible... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...this state calamitous, and turn His labours, for thou canst, to peaceful end. — But who is this, no more, o'crlooks th<! cards. bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 356 pages
...this state calamitous, and turn His labours, for thou canst, to peaceful end. — But who is this, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems, That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...in this state calamitous, and turn His labors, for thou canst, to peaceful end. — But who is this, what thing of sea or land '. Female of sex it seems, , • That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the' isles... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1823 - 220 pages
...in bis state calamitous, and turn His labours, for thou canst, to peaceful end. — But who is tbis, what thing of sea or land? Female of sex it seems, That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...this state calamitous, and turn His labours, for thou canst, to peaceful end. — But who is this, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems, That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way suiling Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles... | |
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Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play... 
