 | Aristophanes - 1849 - 256 pages
...gay, Comes this way sailing, Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles Of Javan or Gad ire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving." 1201. Ko\o¡ápxovs. " Prefectos excubiarum. КоХошГг enim custodia novae urbis commissa erat."... | |
 | Caroline Howard Gilman - Literary recreations - 1849 - 320 pages
...Female of sex it seems, That so bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately ship, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving, An amber scent of odorous perfume Her harbinger. 4 MILTON — Samson Agonistes. 11. Time has just matured... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1877 - 564 pages
...gay, Comes this way sailing — Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for th' isles Of Javnn or Qadire, With all her bravery on and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving — Courted by all the winds that hold them play." Samson Agonutes, 11. 710-720. This simile seems... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Bible - 1851 - 294 pages
...multitude as she sweeps by with an air of royalty — Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for th' isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving, An amber scent of odorous perfume Her harbinger, a damsel train behind.... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 554 pages
...v. ver. 8. " But who is this, what thing of sea or land I Female of sex it seems, That so bedecVd, 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... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 528 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...the waves were sent. Spenser. Behold a stately ship, Proud of her gaudy trim, comes this way sailing With all her bravery on and tackle trim; Sails filled, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold their play. Milton. She walks the waters like a thing of life, And... | |
 | John Milton - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
