 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1898 - 630 pages
...Church, which takes place usually in the latter end of the month of May. CHAPTER L But who is this ? what thing of sea or land— Female of sex it seems— That so liedeck'd, ornate, and g-.iy, Comes this way sailing ! MILTON. NOT long after the incident of the Bible... | |
 | John Milton - 1899 - 476 pages
...turn His labours, for thou canst, to peaceful end. But who is this? what thing of sea or land — po Female of sex it seems — That, so bedecked, ornate,...gay, Comes this way sailing, Like a stately ship Of Tarsns, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim. Sails filled,... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1901 - 418 pages
...turn His labours, for thou canst, to peaceful end. V But who is this, what thing of sea or land? 71° Female of sex it seems, That so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing, V Like a stately ship CAIX Of Tarsus, bound for the isles . 715 Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery... | |
 | Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe ? Line sSO. 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 th' isles... | |
 | 1903 - 772 pages
...edge of the balcony. DEA EX MACHINA. THE GODDESS OUT OF THE CAR But what is this ? What thing of set or land ? Female of sex it seems, That so bedecked,...and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship, An amber scent of odoriferous perfume Her harbinger. — Milton, Samion Afoniitn. "Stay!" cried the... | |
 | Arthur Lynch - Psychology - 1912 - 416 pages
...and six days later I had a clearer recollection of the words. The whole passage is : But who is This, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems, That so bedecked, ornate, and gay, t Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gadire, With... | |
 | George Alexander Kohut - Bible - 1913 - 728 pages
...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 th' isles... | |
 | Amelia E. Barr - 1916 - 338 pages
...flatteringly." Kelder was pleased at this reminiscence, and said, "I think Milton was writing of Delilah: "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 th' isles... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English essays - 1917 - 528 pages
...Her hand soft touching, whisper'd thus : Awake, My fairest, . . . Book v, ver. 8. 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... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English essays - 1917 - 528 pages
...Her hand soft touching, whisper'd thus : Awake, My fairest, . . . Book v, ver. 8. 9 But who is this, what thing of sea or land ? Female of sex it seems, That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, (Domes this way sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles... | |
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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... 
