 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,...  Travels in Europe and the East - Page 435by Valentine Mott - 1842 - 452 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709 - 666 pages
...water; the Poop was beaten Gold, Purple the Sails, and fo perfumed, that The Winds wtre Love-fick. With them the Oars were Silver, Which to the tune of Flutes kept ftroke, and mad* The water which they bear, to follow fafter, As amorous of their ftrokes. For her... | |
 | FRANCIS L. HAWKS, D.D., LL.D. - 1850
...picture of the past, when Cleopatra ruled, and " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burned on the water : the poop was beaten gold, Purple the...winds were lovesick with them ; the oars were silver." ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Alexandria, whether it be Greek, Roman, Christian or Patriarchal, Saracenic,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 490 pages
...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 on the water...silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster. As amorous of their strokes. For her own person,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 648 pages
...There she appear'd indeed; or my reporter devis'd well for her. Eno. I will tell you: The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water:...were silver; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 520 pages
...Eno. When she first met Mark Antony, she pursed up his heart, upon the river of Cydnus. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water:...The winds were love-sick with them: the oars were Eno. I will tell you: silver; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 502 pages
...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 their strokes. For her own person,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 368 pages
...There she appear'd indeed; or my reporter devis'd well for her. Eno. I will tell you : The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water...were silver; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 410 pages
...heart, upon the river of Cydnus. Agr. There she appeared indeed ; or my reporter devised well for her. Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple...silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfum'd, and mad The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 436 pages
...the Cydnus. It is thus given in Shakespeare : The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water : The poop was beaten gold ; Purple the...silver; Which, to the tune of flutes, kept stroke, and made The water which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their .strokes. For her own person,... | |
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