 | Aristophanes - 1852 - 152 pages
...Milton's Samson Agonistes, where the appearance of Dal ¡bilí is described : — " But who is this 1 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 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 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... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 528 pages
...Flora breathes, Her hand soft touching, whisper'd thus : Awake, My fairest," Ac. — 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 Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 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 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 - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 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 of sex it seems, That BO bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing, Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...disordinate, yet causeless suffering Just or unjust alike seem miserable, For oft alike both come to evil end. But who is this? what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex 1t seems, That so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus,... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1855 - 1080 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 aex it seems, That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing, Like a stately ship Of Tarsus,... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
