 | Edward Hinchliffe - Barthomley (England) - 1856 - 430 pages
...Herrick's verse when he wrote descriptively, in the 'Samson Agonistes,' of the approach of Dalila? ' But who is this, what thing of sea or land? Female of sex it seems, That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Conies this way sailing, Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 pages
...— this Lu^io, is a king : And of this empire every one's possess'd That's worth his soul. 473. C. 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... | |
 | William Langland - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1856 - 382 pages
...will be found in HalliweU's Coventry Mysteries, p. 308, " Pilate's Wife's Dream." But who is tins, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems, That so bedeck'd, ornate and gay, Comes this way sailing Of Tarsus, bound for th' isles Like a stately ship... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 664 pages
...already ? Behold him in this state calamitous, and turn His labours, for thou canst, to peaceful end. But who is this? what thing of sea or land ? Female...stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire,4 With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving, Courted by all... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1858 - 544 pages
...breathes, Her hand soft touching, whisper'd thus : Awake, My fairest," ifec. — Book v. ver. 8. " 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 Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 924 pages
...stone or rock Seem not his handiwork to mock, Mockery, or model, etc., etc. OTHER WRITBBS. Who is this That so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing like a stately ship. Universal Pan, Knit with the graces. They also serve who only stand and wait The cherubim descended... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Conduct of life - 1859 - 372 pages
...females who answer to the poet's description : " But who is this, what thing of sea or land, That 's so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing...stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan, or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails trimmed and streamers waving, Courted by all... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - Washington equestrian statue (Boston, Mass.) - 1859 - 62 pages
...the advent of some Broadway or Washington Street or Beacon Street belle of the present day : — " 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 - English poetry - 1860 - 574 pages
...him in this state calamitous, and turn His labours, for thou canst, to peaceful end. But who is thisl what thing of sea or land? Female of sex it seems,...stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving, Courted by all... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 486 pages
...Scottish Church, which takes place usually in the latter end of the month of May. CHAPTER THE FIFTIETH. But who is this ? what thing of sea or land — Female...bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing f MILTON. NOT long after the incident of the Bible and the bank notes, Fortune showed that she could... | |
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But who is this, what thing of sea or land? Female of sex it seems, That so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the Isles Of Javan or Gadire With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled... 
