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" The barge she 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 flutes kept stroke, and made The water... "
The Works of Shakespere - Page 534
by William Shakespeare - 1843
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Nile Notes of a Howadji

George William Curtis - 1856 - 384 pages
...the queen's barge, sumptuously gliding upon the golden gleam ? Behold it, dreamer, where it comes : " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion...
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Nile Notes of a Howadji

George William Curtis - 1856 - 382 pages
...barge, sumptuously gliding upon the golden gleam ? Behold it, dreamer, where it comes : " The barge sbe sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion...
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The Complete Works of Shakespeare, from the Original Text: Tragedies

William Shakespeare, Charles Knight - 1854 - 684 pages
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The Complete Works of Shakspeare, Revised from the Best ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 630 pages
...to her. Eno. When she first met Marc Antony, she pursed up his heart, upon the river of Cydnus. Ayr. There she appeared indeed ! or my reporter devised...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion...
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Merry's Museum and Parley's Magazine, Volumes 33-34

1857 - 396 pages
...Cleopatra and her royal cortege, as she presented herself to Antony, is thus portrayed by Shakspeare : " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned...were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke. " For her own person, It beggared all description : She did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of...
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Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1858 - 736 pages
...reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion,...
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Pearls of Shakspeare, a collection of the most brilliant passages found in ...

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 188 pages
...DESCRIPTION OF CLEOPATRA SAILING DOWN THE CYDNUS. The harge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description; she did lie In her pavilion,...
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Pearls of Shakespeare: A Collection of the Most Brilliant Passages Found in ...

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 182 pages
...DESCRIPTION OF CLEOPATRA SAILING DOWN THE CYDNl'9. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the...and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description; she did lie In her pavilion,...
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The Plays of Shakespeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 838 pages
...devised well for lier. lixo. I will toll you. The borge she sat in, like a hurnish'd throne, Burnt tic fur@ As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It boggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion,...
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The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 834 pages
...reporter devised well for her. ENO. I will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt IXENES. POL. This As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It heggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion,...
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