 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 434 pages
...her slender waist he curl'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 shako the spheres. The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung,... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 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... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...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. The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung :... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. 35 The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung...trumpets ; beat the drums ; Flush'd with a purple grace 40 He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath ; he comes, he comes. Bacchus, ever fair... | |
 | Penny readings - 1867 - 270 pages
...fair Olympia press'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... | |
 | Greek letter societies - 1909 - 650 pages
...promoter of civilization, a law giver and a lover of peace. Dryden gives us this conception in verse : "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 : Now give the hautboys breath ; he comes, he... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - Art - 1995 - 682 pages
...as in the following verses by Dryden, the convivial qualities of the god overshadow all the rest : 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 : Now give the hautboys breath ; he comes, he... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 2003 - 1024 pages
...ravithed ears. The monarch hears; Atsumes the god. Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. Ill The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung;...triumph comes; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums; Flushed with a purple grace0 He shows his honest face:c Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he... | |
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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... 
