 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...a-wooing. THE EMBARKATION OF CLEOPATRA. BY TK HERVEV. 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. SH»KSPEAEE. FLUTES in the sunny air ! And harps in the porphyry halls ! And a low, deep hum — like... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - English drama - 1839 - 490 pages
...and so perfumed, that [silver, The winds were love-sick with them: the' oars were Which, to the sound of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they...person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion,—cloth of golden tissue,— O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see The fancy out-work nature:... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - Embroidery - 1841 - 424 pages
...correct in detail. KNOBAHBUS. — I will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Buro'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue), O'erpictnring that Venus, where we see The i'ancy outwork nature ; on each side her Stood pretty dimpled... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1843 - 594 pages
...heart, upon the river of Cydnus. Ayr. There she appeared indeed, or my reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a...faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, v It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue) O'er-picturing... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1842 - 414 pages
...theatrical airs of the speaker, vho immediately recommenced — "The barge she sat in, like aburnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water — the poop was beaten...faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, Itbeggar'd all description." "Come, I'll be blowed but we've had enough of that, so just shut your... | |
 | William Holt Yates - Egypt - 1843 - 620 pages
...illustration of the subject before us. Enobarbus says to Agrippa, on his return from the east, — " The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne Burn'd...; she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tlssue,) O'erpicturing that Venus, where we see, The fancy outwork, nature; on each side her, Stood... | |
 | Pieter Hofman Peerlkamp - 1843 - 600 pages
...burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfum'd, that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars...did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue). C'er-picturing that venus, where we see The fancy out-work nature: on each side her, Stood pretty-dimpled... | |
 | Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp - Latin poetry, Medieval and modern - 1843 - 600 pages
...gold; Purple the sails, and so perfum'd, that The winds were love-sick with them: the oars were sll«< Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made...did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue). C'er-picturing that venus, where we see The fancy out-work nature: on each side her, Stood pretty-dimpled... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 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 a...person , It beggar'd all description : she did lie ID her pavilion , (cloth of gold, of tissue) O'er-picturing that Venus , where we see , The fancy out-work... | |
 | Clinton G. Gilroy - Engraving - 1844 - 674 pages
...in his description of Cleopatra's voyage down the Cnydus : " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description ; she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold of tissue) O'er picturing that... | |
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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... 
