| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...we profit, By losing of our prayers. DESCRIPTION OF CLEOPATRA SAILING DOWlf THE CYDNUS. The barg^ghe sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and.so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them: the oars were silver; Which to the tune of... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Bibliography - 1828 - 590 pages
...the medium of Mr. JK Hervey's kindred verses. ' The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water: the poop was beaten gold: Purple the...beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. SHAKSPEARE. ' FLUTES in the sunny air! And harps in the porphyry halls! And a low, deep hum,—like... | |
| English literature - 1829 - 470 pages
...been altered. CLEOPATRA. BY TK HERVEY, ESQ. I The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water : the poop was beaten gold : Purple the...beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. SHAKSPEAKC. I. FLUTES in the sunny air ! And harps in the porphyry halls \ And a low, deep hum, —... | |
| Alaric Alexander Watts - 1829 - 414 pages
...been altered. n CLEOPATRA. BY TK IIERVEY, ESQ. The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water : the poop was beaten gold : Purple the...beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. SHAKSPEARE. I. FLUTES in the sunny air ! And harps in the porphyry halls ! And a low, deep hum, —... | |
| Thomas Kibble Hervey - Australia - 1829 - 314 pages
...THE EGYPTIAN QUEEN EMBARKING ON THE CYDNUS. The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, BurneJ 011 the water : the poop was beaten gold : Purple the...beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. SBAK.SPSARE. FLUTES in the sunny air ! And harps in the porphyry halls ! And a low, deep hum, — like... | |
| William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 542 pages
...water : the poop w as beuten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love -sick with them: the oars were silver ; Which to the tune...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggarM all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'cr-picturing that... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1829 - 606 pages
...the " Poetical Sketch Book," by T. K, Hervev, The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne. Burned on the water : the poop was beaten gold : Purple the...the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes keep stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster. As amorous of their strokes. SHAKSPEARE.... | |
| Christianity - 1829 - 612 pages
...Poetical Sketch Book," by T. K, Htney, Esq.) The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne. Burned on the water : the poop was beaten gold : Purple the...the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes keep stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. SHAISPEARI.... | |
| Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 824 pages
...instrument of rowing; to row or impel by rowing: oary is having the form or use of an oar. The oar* were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke,...beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. Sfialts¡>eare. Antony and Cleopatra. His bold head Tiove the contentious waves he kept, and oarei... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...Shakspeare is quite historical here — The barge she sat in, like a burnished •'< r •"• . Burned on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oarm wen silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to... | |
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