 The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung : Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young : The jolly god in triumph comes ! Sound the trumpets, beat the...  Poems - Page 22by Joseph Addison - 1810 - 597 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 554 pages
...most happily to the variety of the occasion. Those by which he has chosen to expresf Majesty, (viz.) Assumes the God, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres, are chosen in the following ode, because the v . f> ect of it is great. For the more harmony likewise,... | |
 | Juvenal - 1813 - 396 pages
...Alexander is almost mad with pride, M hearing Jiimself 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[sizc, Sfc.] They had no pot capacious enough, in its Aimenfions, to contain this large... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 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...ravish'd ears the monarch hears, Assumes the god, aftects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bachiis, then, the sweet musician sung... | |
 | English literature - 1816
...his coronation, " shall promote the glory and interest of France — my spirit shall be wUh them!" " Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres." After looking up with awful submission to an all-ruling Providence, and considering only natural means,... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...fair Olympia press'd, [world. And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound ; A present Deity, they shout...; A 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... | |
 | John Carey - English language - 1816 - 300 pages
...Greek, and which shall be noticed under the head of Trocba'ics: Iambic of two feet, or four syllables. With ra-]-vish'd ears The mo-|-narch hears, assumes | the god, affects to nod (Dryden. This metre is occasionally blended with verses of different kinds, to diversify the irregular... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...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, they shout...The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, «.i And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung ; Of Bacchus... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1831 - 952 pages
...bride, He stamp'cl an image of himself, a Sov'reign of the world. The list'ning crowd admire the Jofty sound ; A present deity ! they shout around, A present deity ! the vaulted roofs abound. With ravish'd ears The Monarch hears, Assumes the God, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the... | |
 | James Andrew - English language - 1817 - 152 pages
...of lines; though in the following example it has a very good effect. It consists of two Iambuses. V With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the God, Affects to nod. This measure is often used in the names of ships, as Th? William Pitt, Thg Charlgs Grant; and it would... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1818 - 358 pages
...blooming eastern bride." Then, as his Grace closed his eyes, and his head sunk on his shoulder— " With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod." Lady Juliana, who would have been highly incensed, had she suspected the application of the words,... | |
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