Hidden fields
Books Books
" 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 plays of Shakspere, carefully revised [by J.O.] with a selection of engr ... - Page 880
by William Shakespeare - 1853
Full view - About this book

Lands of the Moslem: A Narrative of Oriental Travel

Howard Crosby - 1851 - 406 pages
...life by bathing in the cold waters of the Cydnus, and here Cleopatra captivated the heart of Antony. " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burned...stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes." This place is probably the Tarshish to which Jonah attempted...
Full view - About this book

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With a Life of the Poet, and ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 712 pages
...heart upon the river of Cydnus. Agr. There she appeared, indeed ; or my reporter devised well for her. Burned on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple...stroke, 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...
Full view - About this book

The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, from the text ..., Part 50, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 586 pages
...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...stroke, 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...
Full view - About this book

Selections from the British Poets: Chronologically Arranged from Chaucer to ...

1851 - 496 pages
...DESCRIPTION OF CLEOPATRA SAILING DOWN THE CYDNUS. THE barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...stroke, 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...
Full view - About this book

Nile Notes of a Howadji

George William Curtis - 1852 - 318 pages
...the queen's barge, sumptuously sliding upon the golden gleam ? Behold it, dreamer, where it comes: " The barge she sat in like a burnished throne, Burned...stroke, 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...
Full view - About this book

Dramatic Works: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens and Reed; with ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1852 - 574 pages
...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...stroke, 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...
Full view - About this book

The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere ...

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...stroke, 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...
Full view - About this book

The Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1852 - 570 pages
...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...stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggarM all description : she did lie In...
Full view - About this book

The Works of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Recently ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 484 pages
...reporter devised well for her. Eno. I -will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a bumish'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...stroke, 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...
Full view - About this book

Beautiful poetry, selected by the ed. of The Critic, Volume 1

Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...too many, yet how few ! CLEOPATBA. SHAKSPEBE. THE barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...stroke, 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...
Full view - About this book




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