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" 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 Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ... - Page 291
by John Dryden - 1808
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The plays (poems) of Shakespeare, ed. by H. Staunton ..., Part 170, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 834 pages
...will tell you. The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water : the poop was heaten if it please his majesty, — 'tis the breathing time of day time of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their...
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Metre, Rhythm and Verse Form

Philip Hobsbaum - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 220 pages
...To describe a mismated couple he drew upon one of Shakespeare's later plays, Antony and Cleopatra: The barge she sat in like a burnished throne Burned...perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them. Eliot's fine lady is a kind of caricature of Cleopatra, and her domestic setting imitates Egyptian...
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Practical Solitary Magic

Nancy B. Watson - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 274 pages
...and they will serve you well. A PROSPERITY RITE Tlie barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burnt on the water. The poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that Tlie winds were love-sick with them; the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke,...
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Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1998 - 378 pages
...AGRIPPA There she appeared indeed, or my reporter devised well for her. ENOBARBUS I will tell you. 200 The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burned...winds were lovesick with them. The oars were silver, 200 At this point in Hall's production Michael Bryant 'came round and sat confidently in Antony's chair'...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...days, When I was green in judgment, cold in blood. To say as I said then! 1 0 1 55 Antony and Cleopatra ngs the laws of life; anarchy and competitlon the...9728 Unto this Last There is no wealth but life. 9729 10156 Antony and Cleopatra The city cast Her people out upon her, and Antony, Enthroned i' the market-place,...
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The Genius of Shakespeare

Jonathan Bate - Drama - 1998 - 420 pages
...mming Norm's prose into richly evocative verse: The barge she sat in, like a bumished throne Bumed on the water. The poop was beaten gold; Purple the...and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with mem. The oars were silver, Which to the mne of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat...
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Flying Solo: Reimagining Manhood, Courage, and Loss

Leonard Kriegel - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 206 pages
...presence, as if she had transformed a wheelchair into her own personal emblem, a triumph of necessity. The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne Burned on the water Like all who struggle with disease, Judy learned that only after she had earned the trust of language...
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Type in Use: Effective Typography for Electronic Publishing

Alex White - Architecture - 1999 - 216 pages
...flutes kept stroke, and water which they beat to flow faster, as amorous of their strokes. For 4-i3 gold, purple the sails, and so perfumed that the winds were love-sick with them. The The nature of bad news infects the teller oars were silver which to the tune of flutes kept stroke,...
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Swahili for Starters: A Practical Introductory Course

Joan Maw - Foreign Language Study - 1999 - 358 pages
...miserable end. This is the house that Jack built. They that live by the sword shall die by the sword. The barge she sat in , like a burnished throne/ Burned on the water. l know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows . The four prison officers were made to take off their uniforms...
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Shakespeare Stories II

Leon Garfield - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1995 - 328 pages
...first she'd met Mark Antony on the River Cydnus? Enobarbus smiled. "I will tell you," he said softly. "The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, burned...poop was beaten gold, purple the sails . . ." and as he conjured up the marvellous scene, his two listeners drew close, as Rome dissolved and Cleopatra...
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