Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" 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 193
by Aristophanes - 1849 - 228 pages
Full view - About this book

Words and Days: A Table-book of Prose and Verse

Calendars - 1895 - 416 pages
...That so 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. MILTON. 192 Sleep shall neither night nor day Hang upon his pent-house...
Full view - About this book

The Minor Poems of John Milton

John Milton - 1898 - 234 pages
...already ? Behold 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...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...
Full view - About this book

The Minor Poems of John Milton

John Milton - 1898 - 232 pages
...already ? Behold 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...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...
Full view - About this book

The Tears of the Heliades: Or, Amber, as a Gem

W. Arnold Buffum - Amber - 1898 - 154 pages
...the first ocean voyages ever made by man. Milton's picture of a ship of Tarsus : "... bound for th' isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on and tackle trim, Sails filled and streamers waving ; An amber scent of odorous perfume Her harbinger — " 1 See Sir John Lubbock,...
Full view - About this book

The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - Poetry - 1899 - 476 pages
...seems — That, so bedecked, ornate, and 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, and streamers waving. Courted by all the winds that hold thm play; 302 303 Her harbinger, a damsel...
Full view - About this book

An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - English poetry - 1899 - 346 pages
...bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing, Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles 715 Of Javan or Gadire, 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...
Full view - About this book

An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - English poetry - 1899 - 350 pages
...bedecked, ornate, and gay, Comes this way sailing, Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles 715 Of Javan or Gadire, 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...
Full view - About this book

Milton

Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - English poetry - 1900 - 328 pages
...Gladly the port, though shrouds and tackle torn. Now it is Dalila, whom the Chorus behold approaching Like a stately ship Of Tarsus, bound for the isles...all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play. Or, again, it is Samson reproaching...
Full view - About this book

The Lyric and Dramatic Poems of John Milton

John Milton - English poetry - 1901 - 418 pages
...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 on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play; An amber scent of odorous perfume...
Full view - About this book

Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ...

Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...That so 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...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF