 | 1810 - 566 pàgines
...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...ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres." The magnificence of this scene is contrasted with... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 pàgines
...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...ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god. Affects to nod. And seems to shake the spheres. . ,,,. But when he comes to sing the jovial god of... | |
 | David Humphreys - 1804 - 440 pàgines
...in the next degree: To touch that string was little labour, For love to pity is next neighbour. in. The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung...triumph comes ; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums : Plush 'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face. Now give the hautboys breath. He comes, he... | |
 | John Dryden - 1805 - 10 pàgines
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 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pàgines
...-the god, Affects the nod • • And seems to shake the spheres. Chorus : with ravish'd ears, et*. The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung,...trumpets, beat the drums. Flush'd with a purple grace He shews his honest face ; Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes, Bacchus ever fair and young... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pàgines
...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...ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pàgines
...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...ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung;... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 pàgines
...seems to shake the spheres. CHORUS. With ravished ears, The monarch hears; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise...triumph comes ; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums; Flushed with a purple grace He shews his honest face : Now, give the hautboys breath ; he comes, he... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 500 pàgines
...ravished ears, The monarch hears ; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. III. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung;...triumph comes; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums ; Flushed with a purple grace He shews his honest face : Now, give the hautboys breath ; he comes,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pàgines
...he to fair Olympia press'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sov'reign of the world The lif t'ning crowd admire the lofty sound-; A present deity, they...--.With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the g«d, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. : The praise of Bacchus then, the sweet musician... | |
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A present deity! the vaulted roofs rebound! With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god; Aflects to nod And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young: The jolly god in... 
