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" Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes,... "
The United States Speaker: A Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution ... - Page 268
by John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 504 pages
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Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Issues 77-79

Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...breath ; he comes, hecomesl Bacchus, ever fair and young, drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, drinking is the soldier's...sweet the pleasure, sweet is pleasure after pain. CHORUS. Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, i drinking is the soldier's pleasure; rich the treasure,...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems ..., Volume 2

John Dryden - 1811 - 616 pages
...Rich the treafure, Sweet the pleafure, Sweet is pleafure after pain. 65 IV. Sooth'd with the found the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again...And thrice he routed all his foes ; and thrice he flew the flain. Ver. 56. Bacchus' ble/ings are a treafvrc, Rick the treafure, Sweet the pleafure, Sweet...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing Original Poems ..., Volume 2

John Dryden - 1811 - 610 pages
...Rich the treafure, Sweet the pleafure, Sweet is pleafure after pain. 61 IV. Sooth'd with the found the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again...And thrice he routed all his foes ; and thrice he flew the Ilain. Ver. 56. Bacchut' blejjings are a treafurt, Rich the treafure, Sweet the pleafure,...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...soldiers pleasure : Rich the treasure ; Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his...madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while he heaven and earth defy'd, , Chang'd his hand andcheck'd his pride. . He chose a mournful...
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The American Orator: Comprising a Collection, Principally from American ...

Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...god in triumph comes ! Sound the trumpet ; beat the drums ; AMERICAN ORATOR.— DRYDKN. S15 Flush'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face : Now...Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure, after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; [slain. And thrice...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...breath — he comes ! he comes ! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking j»ys did first ordain: Bacchus' blessings are a treasure ; Drinking is the soldier's...Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure, after pain. SoothM with the sound, the king grew vain : Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...breath; he comes, he comes ! Bacchus ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain: ; . Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's...Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. . .•• •• ' Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again :...
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Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century ..., Volume 6

John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1831 - 952 pages
...The brave have made him their peculiar choice, And sing his praises in melodious strain ; Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's...treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain ! Great Ammon's son delighted hears The festive lay, A massy goblet rears — A goblet erst by fara'd...
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Brighton; Or, The Steyne: A Satirical Novel ...

Thomas Brown (the elder, pseud.) - 1818 - 770 pages
...his members. The flush of Burgundy was now geen, and " Plcas'd with the sound, the peer grew Tain, Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, And thrice he skw the slain." Madame ****** was now asked for a song ; and out of compliment to the fighting peer,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure; Sweet is pleasure after pain. CHORUS. Bacchus' blessings are a treasure. Drinking is the soldier's...Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again ; [the -fa And thrice...
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