 | Howard Crosby - 1851 - 406 pages
...here Cleopatra captivated the heart of Antony. " 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." This place is probably the Tarshish to which Jonah attempted to flee ; but its crowning glory, in the... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1851 - 354 pages
..." The barge she sat in like a burnished throne, Burned on the water : the poop vas beaten gold, T* •Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue) O'erpicturing that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 pages
...beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them: the oars wera silver; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and...did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'er picturing that Venus, where we see, The fancy out-work nature: on each side her Stood pretty dimpled... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1851 - 350 pages
...water : the poop was beaten gold, L* Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-eick with them : the oars were silver, Which to the tune...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue) O'erpicturing that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 570 pages
...she first met Mark Antony, she pursed up his heart upon the river of Cidnus. Agr. There she appear'd indeed ; or my reporter devised well for her. Eno....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'erpicturing that... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1852 - 318 pages
...gleam ? Behold it, dreamer, where it comes: " The barge she sat in like a burnished throne, Burned on the water: the poop was beaten gold, Purple the...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue) O'erpicturing that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 708 pages
...reporter devised well for her. ENO. I will tell you : The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar 'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'er-picturing... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...worm-holes of long vanish'd days, Nor from the dust of old oblivion rak'd. HV ii. 4. CLEOPATRA, SAILING. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd...O'er-picturing that Venus, where we see, The fancy out- work nature ; on each side her, Stood pretty dimpled boys, like smiling Cupid?, With oiverse-calour'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 420 pages
...good; so find we profit, By losing of our prayers. DESCRIPTION OF CLEOPATRA SAILING DOWN THS CYDNUS. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd...did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,) O'er picturing that Venus, where we see, The fancy out-work nature: on each side her Stood pretty dimpled... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...the dead, anew, The mourn'd — the loved — the lost, too many, yet how few ! CLEOPATBA. SHAKSPEBE. THE barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd...did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue), O'er-pieturing that Venus, where we see, The fancy out-work nature : on each side her Stood pretty... | |
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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... 
