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...he to 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...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...

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...sought her snowy breast ; Then round her slender waist he curl'd, And stamp'd an 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....

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...cup of sweets; he seems exalted to something above humanity, — and at length, like Philip's sen, " Assumes the God, Affects to nod, — And seems to shake the spheres." There are few among the numerous readers of a periodical journal, who are capable of appreciating the...

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...Alexander's Feast," draws a striking picture of a poor silly mortal intoxicated by adulation : With ravish'd ears The monarch hears; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. 71. Patina mensura] Patina satis magna. R. 72. Quos oderat ille, fyc.] We have here a striking representation...

...; f A present deity, they shoot around ; A present deity ; the vaulted roofs rebound. With ravish'd ears the monarch hears, Assumes the god, affects to nod, And seems to snake the spheres. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung ; Of Bacchus, ever fair and...

...Sublime on radiant spheres he rode, When he to fair Olyrapia press'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world! The listening crowd admire...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...