| John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...lofty sound; [world. A present Deity, they shout around : A present Deity, the vaulted roofs rebound. With ravish'd ears The monarch hears; '•,,„. . Assumes the god, , . . , .... Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres, CHORUS, " With ravish'd ears " The monarch hears; . " Assumes the god,... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 566 pages
...the lofty sound, A present deity '. they shout around ; A present deity ! the vaulted roofs rebound. With 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 the revelry of the... | |
| George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 404 pages
...admire the lofty sound, A present deity' they shout around, A present deity' the vaulted roofs rebound. With 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 wine, he very judiciously... | |
| David Humphreys - United States - 1804 - 440 pages
...sov'reign of the world, A present deity ! they shout around ; A present deity ! the vaulted roofs rebound : With ravish'd ears 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,... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...admire the lofty sound; A present deity, they shout around : A present deity, the vaulted roofs rebound: With 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; Of Bacchus ever... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...the lofty sound ; A present deity, they shout around: A present deity, the vaulted roofs rebound : With 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 ; Of Bacchus ever... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...ears The monarch hears; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres, CHORUS, " With ravish'd ears " The monarch hears; " Assumes the god, " Affects to nod, " And seems to shake the spheres." ill. The praise of Bacchus then, the sweet musician Of Bacchus,... | |
| Juvenal - 1807 - 390 pages
...Alexander is almost mad with pride, at hearing himself 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 size, Sfc.] They had no pot capacious enough, in its dimensions,... | |
| George Gregory - Books and reading - 1808 - 352 pages
...It has always struck me that there is a good deal of what Mr. Pope called namby-pamby in both—' " With ravish'd ears " The monarch hears, " Assumes the god, " Affects to nod, " And seems to shake the spheres." " Bich the treasure, " Sweet the pleasure, " Sweet is pleasure after... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...the lofty sound, A present deity ! they shout around ; A present deity ! the vaulted roofs rebound. With 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 ; Of Bacchus ever... | |
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