 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 pages
...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 shout...God, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. CHORUS. With raisishd ears, The monarch hears ; Assumes the God, Affects to nod, And seems to shake... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 346 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 shout...ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, A Beets to nod, And seems to shake the sphere*. CHORUS. With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 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. III. Thepraise of Bacchus, then, the sweetmusician sung ; Of Bacchus ever fair, and ever young. The... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 292 pages
...slender waist he curl'd, [world. And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the The listening crowd admire the lofty sound ; A present deity, they shout...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... | |
 | 1822 - 628 pages
...loyalty's quick pants in its monarch's arms — all eyes drink up the sight, all tongues reverberate the sound — • " A present deity they shout around, A present deity the vaulted roofs lebound !" What does it all amount to ? A shew — ;i theatrical spectacle ! What does it prove ? That... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 280 pages
...most happily to the variety of the occasion. Those by which he has chosen to express Majesty, viz. . Assumes the God, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres, are chosen in the following ode, because the subject of it is great. For the more harmony likewise,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...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 shout...god, affects 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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...stamp'd an image of himself, a'sov'reign of the world — The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound : jj 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.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...slender waist he curl'd, [world. And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the The listening crowd 0 The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung ; Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young: The jolly... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 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 shout...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 praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes... 
