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" The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, 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... "
The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Timon of Athens. Coriolanus ... - Page 417
by William Shakespeare - 1826
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The Plays, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 pages
...heart upon the river of Cydnus. Agr. There she appeared indeed ; or my reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : The barge she sat in, like...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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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...indeed; oc my 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...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 British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 8

Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 556 pages
...' The winds were love-sick with them ; the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept time, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster,...all description ; — She did lie In her pavilion, 2 O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see The fancy outwork nature : — On each side her Stood pretty...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...were 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,...did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue,) 3'er-picturing that Venus, where we see The fancy out-work nature : on each side her, Stood pretty...
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Tremaine: Or, The Man of Refinement, Volume 1

Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 732 pages
...on the water : the poop was beaten gold, * Purple the sails, and so perfumed that ' The winds grew love-sick with them. The oars were silver, ' Which...lie * In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue), ' O'erpicturiog that Venus, where w« see ' The fancy outwork nature: on each side her * Stood pretty...
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Tremaine: Or, The Man of Refinement, Volume 1

Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 366 pages
...Purple the sails, and so perfumed that ' The winds grew love-sick with them. The oars were silvw, ' Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made...lie ' In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue), ' O'erpicturiag th»t Veaus, where we see ' The fancy outwork nature : on each side her ' Stood pretty...
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Tremaine: Or, The Man of Refinement, Volume 1

Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 370 pages
...on the water : the poop was beaten gold, ' Purple the sails, and so perfumed that ' The winds grew love-sick with them. The oars were silver, ' Which...person, ' It beggar'd all description : She did lie ' IB her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue), ' O'erpioturing that Venus, where we see ' The fancy...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...good; so find we profit, By losing of our prayers. DESCRIPTION OF CLEOPATRA SAILING DOWN THE CYDNUS. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd...did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'er picturing that Venus, where we see, The fancy out-work nature: on each side her Stood pretty dimpled...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and.so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them:...person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie * A Helmet. In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'er picturing that Venus, where we see, The...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Bibliography - 1828 - 590 pages
...the medium of Mr. JK Hervey's kindred verses. ' The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water: the poop was beaten gold: Purple the...beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. SHAKSPEARE. ' FLUTES in the sunny air! And harps in the porphyry halls! And a low, deep hum,—like...
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