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" A present deity ! they shout around : A present deity ! the vaulted roofs rebound : With ravished ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god; Affects to nod And seems to shake the spheres. "
The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry - Page 13
by English poetry - 1809
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 41-42

John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...stamp 'd an image of himself, » sov'reign of the The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound; [world. A present Deity, they shout around : A present Deity,....... Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres, CHORUS, " With ravish'd ears " The monarch hears; . " Assumes the god, . . " Affects to npd, " And...
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The Port Folio, Volume 3

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 566 pages
...grandeur of the subject, and nothing can be more simple and majestic than the expression: " The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound, A present deity '. they...Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres." The magnificence of this scene is contrasted with the revelry of the joys of Bacchus. The measure also...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2

George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 404 pages
...Jove as the father of his hero, hath used the most regular and perfect iambics The list'ning croud admire the lofty sound, A present deity' they shout...god. Affects to nod. And seems to shake the spheres. . ,,,. But when he comes to sing the jovial god of wine, he very judiciously changes the measure into...
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The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to ...

David Humphreys - United States - 1804 - 440 pages
...Then round her slender waist he curl'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sov'reign of the world, A present deity ! they shout around ; A present deity...The monarch hears ; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, Aqd seems to shake the spheres. m. The praise of Bacchus then the thirsty fiddler sung; Of Bacchus,...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...fair Olympia press'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. — The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound : A present deity, they...shout around : A present deity, the vaulted roofs rehound t With ravish'U ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake...
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...slender waist he curl'd , And stamp'd an image of himself, a sov'reign of the world. The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound ; A present deity they...roofs rebound. "With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, D'une épousée orientale. De grâces, de majesté, De gloire, de volupté, Oh quel touchant assemblage...
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Poétique anglaise, Volume 3

Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...slender waist he curl'd , And stamp'd an image of himself, a sov'reign of the world. The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound ; . A present deity they..., A present deity the vaulted roofs rebound. "With ravish 'd ears The monarch hears , D'une épousée orientale. De grâces , de majesté , De gloire...
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A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With ..., Volume 1

Juvenal - 1807 - 390 pages
...Alexander is almost mad with pride, at hearing himself celebrated as the son of Jupiter by Olympia. > With ravish'd ears The monarch hears; Assumes the...god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. 72. But—a size, Sfc.] They had no pot capacious enough, in its dimensions, to contain this large...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 21

John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...stamp'd an image of himself, a sov'reign of the The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound ; £ world. A present Deity, they shout around : A present Deity, the vaulted roofs rebound.With ravish'd ears The monarch hears; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 11

John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 500 pages
...pressed, And while he sought her snowy breast; Then, round her slender waist he curled, And stamped an image of himself, a sovereign of the world.— The...A present deity ! the vaulted roofs rebound. With ravished ears, The monarch hears ; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres....
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