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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... "
Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400 - Page 366
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The Port Folio, Volume 3

1810 - 566 pages
...grandeur of the subject, and nothing can be more simple and majestic than the expression: " 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 magnificence of this scene is contrasted with...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2

George Campbell - 1801 - 404 pages
...Jove as the father of his hero, hath used the most regular and perfect iambics The list'ning croud admire the lofty sound, A present deity' they shout...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...
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The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to ...

David Humphreys - 1804 - 440 pages
...in the next degree: To touch that string was little labour, For love to pity is next neighbour. in. The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung...triumph comes ; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums : Plush 'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face. Now give the hautboys breath. He comes, he...
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pages
...-the god, Affects the nod • • And seems to shake the spheres. Chorus : with ravish'd ears, et*. The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung,...trumpets, beat the drums. Flush'd with a purple grace He shews his honest face ; Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes, Bacchus ever fair and young...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...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...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...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...to 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...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;...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 pages
...seems to shake the spheres. CHORUS. 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 shews his honest face : Now, give the hautboys breath ; he comes, he...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 11

John Dryden - 1808 - 500 pages
...ravished ears, The monarch hears ; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. III. 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 hautboys breath ; he comes,...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...he to fair Olympia press'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sov'reign of the world The lif t'ning crowd admire the lofty sound-; A present deity, they...--.With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the g«d, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. : The praise of Bacchus then, the sweet musician...
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Specimens of the British Poets ...

British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...deity ! the vaulted rooft rebound : With ravish'd ears, The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise...Bacchus ever fair, and ever young: The jolly god in trinmph comes I Sound the trumpets, beat the drums; Flush'd with 4 purple grace, He shews his honest...
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