 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 534by William Shakespeare - 1843Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 568 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...made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, ' be square to her.] ie if report quadrates with her, or suits with her merits. VOL. vn. K As amorous... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 532 pages
...well for her. Eno. When she first met Mark Antony, she pursed up his heart upon the river of Cydnus. 8 Eno. I will tell you: The barge she sat in like a...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,... | |
 | English literature - 1848 - 556 pages
...too closely upon dangerous and " holy ground." The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Beam'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 beggnr'd all description — she did lie In her... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 530 pages
...square1 to her. Eno. When she first met Mark Antony, she pursed up his heart upon the river of Cydnus.2 Agr. There she appeared, indeed; or my reporter devised...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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 556 pages
...heart upon the river of Cydnus. 2 Mec. She's a most triumphant lady, if report be square 1 to her. Agr. There she appeared, indeed; or my reporter devised...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,... | |
 | Howard Crosby - Islam - 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...made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes." This place is probably the Tarshish to which Jonah attempted to flee... | |
 | 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...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,... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | English poetry - 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...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... | |
 | George William Curtis - Egypt - 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...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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