 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...  The Birds of Aristophanes - Page 201by Aristophanes - 1864 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Questions and answers - 1855 - 1080 pages
...Dalila ? — " 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...Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play. An amber scent of odorous... | |
 | George Lewis Prentiss - Lawyers - 1855 - 598 pages
...ourselves in the offing, when lo ! bearing down upon us, a stately whale-ship, " bound for the islea Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving." Fortunately, she chanced at that moment to " heave to" for a farewell visit from her owner, who kindly... | |
 | Caroline Hyde Butler Laing - American fiction - 1855 - 480 pages
...benches en suite and like Milton's Deliah she came sailing in, " Ornate nnd gay, Like a stately ship, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving." And sinking her knees into the yielding velvet, buried her face gracefully within her perfumed handkerchief,... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...gay, Comes this way sailing Like a 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 the winds that hold them play, An amber scent of odorous perfume Her harbinger, a damsel... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 pages
...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...Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play, An amber scent of odorous... | |
 | William Langland - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1856 - 382 pages
...bedeck'd, ornate and gay, Comes this way sailing Of Tarsus, bound for th' isles Like a stately ship Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim. 12753. y-Uk a lusard. In the illuminations of manuscripts representing the scene of the temptation,... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 664 pages
...gay, Comes this way sailing Like a 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 the winds that hold them play, An amber scent of odorous perfume Her harbinger, a damsel... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - Washington equestrian statue (Boston, Mass.) - 1859 - 62 pages
...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...and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play. — An amber scent of odorous perfume Her harbinger,... | |
 | 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...Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails trimmed and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold their play. An amber seent of odorous... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1859 - 366 pages
...— " ' Who is this, That so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Come this way sailing, like a stately ship, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled and streamers waving ? ' " " Not very applicable, I hope," said Miss Phoebe, looking hurt. " Not the least in the world... | |
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