 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 filled,...  The Birds of Aristophanes - Page 193by Aristophanes - 1849 - 228 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English essays - 1917 - 528 pages
...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...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 - English essays - 1917 - 528 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Henry Edward Krehbiel - Operas - 1917 - 712 pages
...: — 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1892 - 672 pages
...turn His labours, for thou canst, to peaceful end. But who is this? what thing of sea or land — 710 Female of sex it seems — That, so bedecked, ornate,...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... | |
 | Bonamy Dobrée - English drama - 1924 - 192 pages
...Congreve into the language of comedy. The first is from Samson and is of Dalila : That so bedeckt, 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. . . . It is in the grand manner ; for the purpose of our writers of comedy... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 424 pages
...bottoms through the furrowed sea, Breasting the lofty surge. King Henry r".. Act Hi. Chorus. SHAKESPEARE, Sailing Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the...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... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 1925 - 442 pages
...That so bedeckt, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing Like a stately Ship Of Tarsus, bound for th' Isles Of Javan or Gadire With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails h'.l'd. and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play, An Amber scent of odorous... | |
 | Rolfe Arnold Scott-James - Criticism - 1928 - 406 pages
...bedeck'd, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing 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, Courted by all the winds that hold them play, An amber scent of odorous... | |
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