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,... "
A cyclopædia of poetical quotations, arranged by H.G. Adams - Page 80
by Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 733 pages
Full view - About this book

Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 434 pages
...her; and that, when she landed, he sent to her to invite her to supper M. Mason. Burn'd on the water:s the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so...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 their...
Full view - About this book

The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...tell you: The barge she sat in, like a burnish 'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaien gold; Purple the sails, and .so perfumed, that The...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 their...
Full view - About this book

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: Julius Caesar ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 346 pages
...devised well for her. Eno. I will tell you : The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne,s Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...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 their...
Full view - About this book

Addresses Delivered at the Triennial Celebration ...

1824 - 706 pages
...serpent of old Nile — sailing down the Cydnus to make captive of the valiant but voluptuous Anthony : "The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned...love-sick with them ; the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke." * While this Lecture is going through the press, the telegraph informs...
Full view - About this book

The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 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...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 their...
Full view - About this book

The Plays, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 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...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 their...
Full view - About this book

The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 8

Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 556 pages
...she came from Egypt. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water : the stern was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed,...love-sick with them ; the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept time, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their...
Full view - About this book

A New Universal Biography: First series, from the creation to the birth of ...

John Platts - Biography - 1825 - 1006 pages
...description of it, imitated from Plutarch. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne Burnt on the waves ; the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so...The winds were love-sick with them ; the oars were «ilrer. Which to the tune of flute* kept stroke • For her own p«r*oa, It beggar'd all description...
Full view - About this book

The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: With Glossarial Notes, a Sketch of ...

William Shakespeare - 1825 - 936 pages
...tell you : The barge she sat In, like a bnmish'd throne, Burn'd on ¡In water : the poop was lieateu gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The...love-sick with them : the oars were silver : Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, anil made The water, which they ticat, to follow faster, As amorous of...
Full view - About this book

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Timon of Athens. Coriolanus ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 556 pages
...invite her to supper. 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...lovesick 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 their...
Full view - About this book




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