| 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... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 606 pages
...that he has made, is in the third stanza, the beginning of which he has thus altered : RECITATIVE. " The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, " Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young. " BtholJ, he comes, the 'victor god! " Flush'd with a purple grace, " He shews his honest face, " As... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 608 pages
...that he has made, is in the third stanza, the beginning of which he has thus altered : RECITATIVE. " The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, " Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young. " Behold, he comes, the victor god! " Flush 'd with a purple grace, " He shews his honest face, " As... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 622 pages
...that he has made, is in the third stanza, the beginning of which he has thus altered : RECITATIVE. " The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, " Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young. " Behold, lie comet, the victor god! " Flush "d with a purple grace, " He shews his honest face, "... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...PATHETIC PIECES. The monarch hears , Assumes the God , Affects the nod, And seems to shake the spheres. 3. The praise of BACCHUS then , the sweet musician sung...Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumh comes : Sound the trumpets beat the drums : Flush'd with a purple grace He shews his honest... | |
| 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... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...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...Bacchus ever fair, and ever young: The jolly god in trinmph comes; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums; Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest... | |
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