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" Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes. Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus... "
The British anthology; or, Poetical library - Page 5
by British anthology - 1824
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 41-42

John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...with a purple grace, He shews his honest face. Now give the hauthoys breath. He comes ! he comes ! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first...Sweet the pleasure; Sweet is pleasure after pain. CHORDS. " Bacchus' blessings are a treasure; " Drinking is the soldier's pleasure : " Rich the treasure,...
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

English poetry - 1801 - 416 pages
...'d with a purple grace, He shews his honest face. Now give the hauthoys breath. Hecomes! he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first...pleasure after pain.' CHORUS. " Bacchus' blessings are a treasoia ; . " Drinking is the soldier's pl«asuie: . . " Rich the treasure, " Sweet the pleasure ;...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2

George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 404 pages
...sing the jovial god of wine, he very judiciously changes the measure into the brisk trochaic. Bdcchus ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain....Sweet the pleasure». Sweet is pleasure after pain. Again, when he describes his hero as wrought up to madness, and setting fire to the city in a fit of...
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The Port Folio, Volume 3

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 566 pages
...measure also is contrasted, and the poet now assumes the brisk trochaic. " Bacchus, ever fair and ever young-, Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus'...Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain." This social scene is happily contrasted with the melancholy fate of Darius, and both the sentiments...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2

George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 404 pages
...brisk trochaic. Bacchus ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain. Bacchus' blessings dre ,a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure, Rich...Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain, Again, when he describes his hero as wrought up to madness, and setting fire to the city in a fit of...
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The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to ...

David Humphreys - United States - 1804 - 440 pages
...'d with a purple grace, He shows his honest face. Now give the hautboys breath. He comes, he comes! Bacchus ! ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first...Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. > ^ iv. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain, Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...he comes, he comesj Bacchus ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus' blessing are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure...Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. 4Sooth'd 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 ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...comes, he comes! Bacchus ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus' hlessings arc a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure : Rich...Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his hattles o'er again : And thrice he routed...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face. Now give the hauthoys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first...Sweet the pleasure; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his hattles o'er again: And thrice be routed...
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...hautboys breath; he comes, he comes, Bacchus ever fair and young Drinking joys did first ordain. Bacchus's blessings are a treasure ; Drinking is the soldier's...pleasure after pain. Chorus : Bacchus' blessings, etc. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he...
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