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" 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 juvenaile poetical library; selected from the works of modern British ... - Page 199
edited by - 1839
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Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Pericles ; London prodigal ; Thomas, Lord ...

William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709 - 666 pages
...reporter devis'd well for her. Eno. I will tell you ; The Barge fhe fat in, like a Burnifli'd Throne Burnt on the 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...
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The Complete Art of Poetry ...

Charles Gildon - Criticism - 1718 - 394 pages
...ever fears he fhall be poor. jFa&oBarge. "E.no. The Barge fhe fat in, like a burnifli'd Throne Burnt on the Water ; the Poop was beaten Gold, Purple the Sails, and fb perfumed, that The Winds were Love-hck. With them the Oars were Silver, Which to the Tune of Flutes...
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MONUMENTS OF EGYPT

FRANCIS L. HAWKS, D.D., LL.D. - 1850
...was, out of the ruins. I amused my fancy with the picture of the past, when Cleopatra ruled, and " The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burned...winds were lovesick with them ; the oars were silver." ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Alexandria, whether it be Greek, Roman, Christian or Patriarchal, Saracenic,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 490 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...beat, to follow faster. As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description : she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,)...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 648 pages
...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: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the...beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggar'd all description: she did lie In her pavilion, (cloth of gold, of tissue,)...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 520 pages
...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 poop was beaten gold; Purple the...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...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 502 pages
...devised well for her. £720. 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 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...
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Travels in Europe, Asia Minor and Arabia

John Griffiths (M. D.) - Levant - 1805 - 440 pages
...poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfum'd, that The winds were love-sick with 'em ; th' oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The waters which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes — For her own person, It beggar'd...
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Travels in Europe, Asia Minor and Arabia

John Griffiths (M. D.) - Levant - 1805 - 442 pages
...the following account of it : — " The Cydnus * THE barge she sat in, like a 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 'em ; th' oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...of one body upon another. The oar's were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroie, and macle The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. Sbakspeare. His white-man'd steeds, that bow'd beneath the yoke, lie dicir'd to coixigc v.'itli a gentle...
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