 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
 | Carl Dahlhaus, Ruth Katz - 454 pages
...universally, and because these Instances must also be most universally understood. 10With ravish'd Ears The Monarch hears, Assumes the God, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the Spheres. In which Air I am sorry to observe, that the Affectation of imitating this Nod, has reduced the Music... | |
 | Andreas Fischer - English language - 1994 - 276 pages
...succeeding line as in the already quoted example from Dryden's Alexander's Feast (34-36): The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound; "A present deity," they...around; "A present deity." the vaulted roofs rebound. In the poetry of Pope we also find examples for this, as in his Pastorals ("Autumn" 49-50; Pope's italics),... | |
 | Enrico Fubini - Music - 1994 - 436 pages
...universally, and because these Instances must also be most universally understood. 9. With ravish'd Ears, The Monarch hears, Assumes the God, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the Spheres. In which Air I am sorry to observe, that the Affectation of imitating this Nod, has reduced the Music... | |
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