The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned 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 Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare - Pàgina 111per William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Robert S. Miola - 2000 - 206 pàgines
...a burnished throne Burned on the water. The poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them. The oars...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description. She did lie In her pavilion — cloth of gold, of tissue — O'er-picturing... | |
| William Shakespeare - 2000 - 60 pàgines
...burnished throne, Burned on the water. The poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them. The oars...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description: she did lie In her pavilion, cloth-of-gold of tissue, O'er picturing that... | |
| William Shakespeare - 2000 - 404 pàgines
...Appendix A). Burned on the water; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that 200 The winds were lovesick with them; the oars were silver,...faster, As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, lt beggared all description: she did lie 205 ln her pavilion — cloth-of-gold of tissue — O'er-picturing... | |
| Allan Bloom - 2000 - 172 pàgines
...the sculptor.5 Enobarbus describes the arrival of the barge and the stunning effect of its movement: the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes...beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. (II. ii. 194-197) And then we impatiently await description of Cleopatra herself, but are both delighted... | |
| Barry Strauss - 2001 - 180 pàgines
...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...beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes. (Antony and Cleopatra, II, ii) The Romans enjoyed boat races and also mock naval battles. The emperor... | |
| Stanley Wells - 2003 - 494 pàgines
...nevertheless achieve complete poetic independence: The poop was beaten gold: Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them. The oars...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person. It beggared all description. She did lie In her pavilion - cloth of gold, of tissue O'er-picturing that... | |
| Claire McEachern - 2002 - 310 pàgines
...a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water. The poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them; the oars...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description: she did lie In her pavilion - cloth of gold, of tissue O'er-picturing that... | |
| Martina Mittag - 2002 - 280 pàgines
...bumish'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...amorous of their strokes. For her own person,/ It bcggar'd all description: she did lie/ In her pavilion - cloth-of-gold of tissue — / O'er-picturing... | |
| Millicent Bell - 2002 - 316 pàgines
...a burnished throne Burned on the water. The poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were lovesick with them. The oars were...As amorous of their strokes. For her own person, It beggared all description: she did lie In her pavilion — cloth of gold, of tissue — O'erpicturing... | |
| Allardyce Nicoll - 2002 - 208 pàgines
...description of Cleopatra's first meeting with Antony (n, ii, 197-201): Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them; the oars...beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes and here, as in the Edward HI passage, there is a lavish use of gold and silver.13 There remain to... | |
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