Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble... The Gentleman's Magazine - Pągina 2411826Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Peter Pindar - 1797 - 352 pągines
...And now the sweet TIMOTHEUS sang the FAIR, A la Chinoisc, that brought such crowds to starej f * " War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; " Honour but an empty bubble; it Never ending, still beginning, " Fighting still, and stil] destroying: *' If the world be worth... | |
| 1801 - 416 pągines
...pity melts the mind to love, Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble, Honour but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying: If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pągines
...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures : War he sung is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble : Never ending, still beginning , Fighting still , and still destroying: If the world be worth thy... | |
| David Humphreys - 1804 - 440 pągines
...with a Bacchanal sound; Softly sweet, in Lydlan measures, Soon he sooth 'd his soul to pleasures, f War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying; If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pągines
...pitié dispose ą l'amour. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures , Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble , Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning , Fighting still, and still. destroying , If the world be worth thy... | |
| 1806 - 408 pągines
...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying : If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 pągines
...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures : War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying: If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 500 pągines
...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures: War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying: If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 302 pągines
...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures : War, he sung, is toil and trouble; • • Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying : If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 512 pągines
...pity melis the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble, Honour but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying : If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
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