 | John Dryden - 1811 - 616 pages
...to nod, 45 And feems to fhake the fpheres. ill. The praife of Bacchus then the fweet mufician fung, Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes ; Sound the trumpets ; beat the drums ; 50 Flufh'd with a purple grace He fhews his honeft face : Now give the... | |
 | Juvenal - 1813 - 396 pages
...Alexander is almost mad with pride, M hearing Jiimself celebrated as the son of Jupiter by Olympia. With ravish'd ears The monarch hears ; Assumes the...god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. 72. But — a[sizc, Sfc.] They had no pot capacious enough, in its Aimenfions, to contain this large... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...sound ; A present Deity, they shout around ; A present Deity, the vaulted roofs rebound. With ravished ears the monarch hears, Assumes the God, affects to...triumph comes ! Sound the trumpet ; beat the drums ; AMERICAN ORATOR.— DRYDKN. S15 Flush'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face : Now give... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1831 - 952 pages
...the Jofty sound ; A present deity ! they shout around, A present deity ! the vaulted roofs abound. With ravish'd ears The Monarch hears, Assumes the...shake the spheres ! The praise of Bacchus then the s\veet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young ; Flush'd with a maiden grace, He shews his... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...himself, a sovereign of the world.— The listening crowd admire the lofty sound ; A present deity, they shout around ; A present deity, the vaulted roofs...The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, «.i And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung ; Of Bacchus... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...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...young. The jolly god in triumph comes ! Sound the trumpets ; beat the drums. Flush'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face. Now give the hautboys... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...an image of himself, a sovereign ti'j» The listening crowd admire the lofty sound, A present deity, they shout around : A present deity the vaulted roofs...ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Aflects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. CHORUS. With ravish'd ears The monarch hears. Assumes... | |
 | John Corry - London (England) - 1820 - 328 pages
...Conqueror, feels all the momentary, nay, frantic elevation which exalted ALEXANDER into a demi-god. " With ravish'd ears, The Monarch hears ; Assumes the...Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres." The amusements of several persons of quality, the ostentatious display of their equipages in the royal... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...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...ravish'd ears the monarch hears, Assumes the god, aflects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bachus, then, the sweet musician sung... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...sound i A present deity, they shout around'; A present deity ; the vaulted roofs rebound. With ravish'U ears the monarch hears, • Assumes the god. affects...nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bachus, then, the sweet musician sung ; Of Bachus. ever fair and ever young. The jolly god jn triumph... | |
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The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes ! Sound the trumpets, beat the drums ! Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath; he comes,... 
