Methoughte I sawe a shyppe, goodly of sayle,

Come saylynge forth into that hauen brood,

Her takelynge ryche and of hye apparayle]

Of this passage Mr. Wordsworth has a recollection in one of his noble Sonnets;

A goodly Vessel did I then espy

Come like a giant from a haven broad;

And lustily along the bay she strode,

Her tackling rich, and of apparel high.”

Works, iii. 34. ed. 1836.