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" 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 which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of... "
The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from ... - Page 172
by William Shakespeare - 1853 - 345 pages
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Text Formed from an Entirely ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1843 - 606 pages
...barge she sat in, like a bnrnish'd throne, Burn'd ofi the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Piirple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick...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...
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P. Hofmanni Peerlkamp Liber de vita, doctrina et facultate Nederlandorum qui ...

Pieter Hofman Peerlkamp - 1843 - 600 pages
...burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfum'd, that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars...did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue). C'er-picturing that venus, where we see The fancy out-work nature: on each side her, Stood pretty-dimpled...
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De poėtis latinis Nederlandiarum

Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp - Latin poetry, Medieval and modern - 1843 - 600 pages
...gold; Purple the sails, and so perfum'd, that The winds were love-sick with them: the oars were sll«< Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made...did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue). C'er-picturing that venus, where we see The fancy out-work nature: on each side her, Stood pretty-dimpled...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Printed from the Text ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pages
...Cydnus. Agr. There she appeared indeed, or my reporter devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne , Burn'd...person , It beggar'd all description : she did lie ID her pavilion , (cloth of gold, of tissue) O'er-picturing that Venus , where we see , The fancy out-work...
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The Art of Weaving, by Hand and by Power: With an Introductory Account of ...

Clinton G. Gilroy - Engraving - 1844 - 674 pages
...in his description of Cleopatra's voyage down the Cnydus : " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold...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'er picturing that...
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The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Volume 48

Liberalism (Religion) - 1850 - 536 pages
...EGYPTIAN UVEF.X EMBAHKINO ON THE CYDNUS.) " ' 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.' — SHAKSPBABB. " Flutes in the sunny air ! And harps in the porphyry halls! And a low, deep hum, —...
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The oriental rambler, or, The papers of Polyphilus

Polyphilus (pseud.) - 1844 - 268 pages
...down the Cydnus. The barge she sat in, like a burnish' d throne Burn'd on the water : the poop n as beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It begjjar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion (cloth of gold, of tissue), O'er picturing...
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The Hellenes: The History of the Manners of the Ancient Greeks, Volumes 1-3

James Augustus St. John - Greece - 1844 - 1382 pages
...poop was beaten gold ; Purple the Bails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with "em : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes...did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold of tissue,) O'er-picturing that Venus, where \ve see The fancy out-work nature. On each side her, Stood pretty...
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The art of waeving by hand and by power

Clinton G. Gilroy - 1845 - 680 pages
...in his description of Cleopatra's voyage down the Cnydus : "The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold...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'er picturing that...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 5

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1845 - 604 pages
...beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were lovesick with them : the oars Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made...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'er-picturing...
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