 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 pages
...he to fair Olympia press'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The listening crowd admire the lofty sound: " A present deity !"...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 musidan sungi... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...ravished cars The monarch hears ; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. 3. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung;...triumph comes ! Sound the trumpets, beat the drums. Flushed with a purple grace, He shows his honest face. Bacchus' blessings are a treasure; Drinking... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...ravished ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. IIL 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 hauthoys breath ; he comes, he... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...slender waist he curl 'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sov'reign 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 - 1855 - 380 pages
...her slender waist he curl'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The listening 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. CHORUS. With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 pages
...good : But wo to him that, fearing not to offend, Doth serve his lust and will not see the end. 667. The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung...beat the drums ; Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face. Now give the hautboys breath ; he comes, he comes ! Bacchus, ever fair and young,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1856 - 568 pages
...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. The praise...The jolly god in triumph comes ; Sound the trumpets ; neat the drums : Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath.... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1856 - 590 pages
...her slender waist he curl'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sov'reign 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,... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...present deity ! the vaulted roofs rebound. 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 shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath. He comes !... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...deity ! the vaulted roofs rebound. — 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 shows his honest face. Now give the hautboys breath — he comes !... | |
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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... 
