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" Her wide sleeves green, and border'd with a grove, Where Venus in her naked glory strove To please the careless and disdainful eyes Of proud Adonis, that before her lies; Her kirtle blue, whereon was many a stain, Made with the blood of wretched lovers... "
The Works of Christopher Marlowe: With Notes and Some Account of His Life ... - Page 6
by Christopher Marlowe, Alexander Dyce - 1850 - 407 pages
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Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in ..., Volume 2

Sir Egerton Brydges - English literature - 1815 - 564 pages
...wide sleeves green, and border' d with a grove, Where Venus in her naked glory strove vOL. ii. g 113 To please the careless and disdainful eyes Of proud...blood of wretched lovers slain. Upon her head she wore a myrtle wreath, From whence her veil reach'd to the ground beneath. Her veil was artificial flowers...
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Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in ..., Volume 2

Sir Egerton Brydges - English literature - 1815 - 562 pages
...her naked glory strove 113 To please the careless and disdainful eyes Of proud Adonis, that belbre her lies ; Her kirtle blue, whereon was many a stain....blood of wretched lovers slain. Upon her head she wore a myrtle wreath, from whence her veil reach'd to the ground beneath. Her veil was artificial flowers...
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Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in ..., Volume 2

Sir Egerton Brydges - English literature - 1815 - 572 pages
...VOL. ii. o 113 To please the careless and disdainful eye* Of proud Adonis, that before her lies j ^ Her kirtle blue, whereon was many a stain. Made with...blood of wretched lovers slain. Upon her head she wore a myrtle wreath, From whence her veil reach'd to the ground beneath. Her veil was artificial flowers...
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Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in ..., Volume 2

Sir Egerton Brydges - English literature - 1813 - 610 pages
...grove, Where Venus in her naked glory strove vOL. ii. 9 113 To please the careless and disdainful eye* Of proud Adonis, that before her lies ; Her kirtle...blood of wretched lovers slain. Upon her head she wore a myrtle wreath, from whence her veil reach'd to the ground beneath. Her veil was artificial flowers...
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 8

1828 - 454 pages
...was Of lawn. The lining, purple silk, with gilt stars drawn, Her *ii!i. sleeves green and bordered with a grove, Where Venus in her naked glory strove...blood of wretched lovers' slain. Upon her head she wore a myrtle wreath, From whence her veil reach'd to the ground beneath. Her veil was artificial flowers...
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Hero and Leander: A Poem

Christopher Marlowe, George Chapman - 1821 - 228 pages
...lining, purple silk, with gilt stars drawn, Her wide sleeves green, and border'd with a grove, \Vhere Venus in her naked glory strove To please the careless...head she ware a myrtle wreath, From whence her veil reach'd to the ground beneath. Her veil was artificial flowers and leaves, Whose workmanship both man...
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Hero and Leander, a poem, by C. Marlow, and G. Chapman

Christopher Marlowe - 1821 - 212 pages
...dower his burning throne, Where she should sit for men to gaze upon. The outside of her garments was of lawn, The lining, purple silk, with gilt stars...disdainful eyes Of proud Adonis, that before her lies; b 2 Her kirtle blue, whereon was many a stain, Made wilh the blood of wretched lovers slain. Upori...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 20

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...garments were of lawne ; ' The lining purple silke, with guilt stars drawne * ; 1 Her wide sleeves greene, and border'd with a grove, : Where Venus in her naked glory strove ' To please the carelesse and disdainful eyes ' Of proud Adonis, that before her lies." See also a pamphlet entitled...
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The Works of Christopher Marlowe ...

Christopher Marlowe - 1826 - 398 pages
...dower his burning throne, Where she should sit for men to gaze upon. The outside of her garments was of lawn, The lining, purple silk, with gilt stars...head she ware a myrtle wreath, From whence her veil reach'd to the ground beneath. Her veil was artificial flowers and leaves, Whose workmanship both man...
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Lust's dominion; or, The lascivious queen. Hero and Leander. Certain of Ovid ...

Christopher Marlowe - Dramatists, English - 1826 - 388 pages
...gaze upon. The outside of her garments was of lawn, The lining, purple silk, with gilt stars drawny Her wide sleeves green, and border'd with a grove....head she ware a myrtle wreath, From whence her veil reach'd to the ground beneath. Her veil was artificial flowers and leaves, Whose workmanship both man...
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