 The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young: The jolly god in triumph comes...  Punch - Page 109edited by - 1892Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1807
...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... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808
...sought her snowy breast; Then, round her slender waist he curled, And stamped an image of himself, a sovereign of the world.— The listening crowd admire...god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. CHORUS. With ravished ears, The monarch hears ; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808
...sought her snowy breast; Then, round her slender waist he curled, And stamped an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. — The listening crowd admire...god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. CHORUS. With ravished ears, The monarch hears; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 400 pages
...he to fair Olympia press'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sov'reign of the world The lif t'ning crowd admire the lofty sound-; A present deity, they...present deity, the vaulted roofs rebound : --.With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the g«d, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres.... | |
 | George Gregory - Books and reading - 1808
...struck me that there is a good deal of what Mr. Pope called namby-pamby in both—' " With ravish'd ears " The monarch hears, " Assumes the god, " Affects to nod, " And seems to shake the spheres." " Bich the treasure, " Sweet the pleasure, " Sweet is pleasure after pain," &c. — DRYDE». '/ " Dreadful... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809
...sought her snowy breast; Then, round her slender waist he curl'd, And stamp'dan image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The listening crowd admire...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 spheres. The... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809
...he to fair Olympia press'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 shout around ; A present deity ! the vaulted rooft rebound : With ravish'd ears, The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 220 pages
...slender waist he curl'd, and stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign the world. The listening croud admire the lofty sound, a present deity, they shout...: 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 spheres. CHORUS.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 597 pages
...slender waist he curl'd, and stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The listening croud admire the lofty sound, a present deity, they shout...: 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 spheres. CHORUS.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810
...most happily to the variety of the occasion. Those by which he has chosen to expresf Majesty, (viz.) Assumes the God, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres, are chosen in the following ode, because the v . f> ect of it is great. For the more harmony likewise,... | |
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