 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 pages
...treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. IV. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain : Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice...His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while he heaven and earth defied, Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful muse, Soft pity... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain, Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice...slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise ; His glbwing cheeks, .his ardent eyes; And while he heav'n and earth defy'd Chang'd his hand, and check'd... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again; And thrice...cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while he heav'n and earth defy'd, Chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. He chose a mournful muse, Soft pity to infuse : He... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain : Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice...cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while he heav'n and earth defy'd, Chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. He chose a mournful muse Soft pity to infuse ; He... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Kooth'd wiih the sound, the king grew Tain ; e grinning mate replies, In this I grant that man is wise. While good j and thrice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness ri« : His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 pages
...the pleasure ! BOTH, Sweet is pleasure after pain ! RECITATIVE. Fir'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice...saw the madness rise, His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyet ; And while he Heaven and Earth dcfy'd, He chose a mournful Muse, Soft pity to infuse; (pride.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 596 pages
...the pleasure ! BOTH. Sweet is pleasure after pain ! RECITATIVE. Fir'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slcjiv the slain. The master saw the madness rise, His gloivini cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...fought all his battles o'er again ; [the slain. and thrice he routed all bis foes; and thrice he slew The master saw the madness rise; his glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; and while he heaven and earth defy'd, chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. He chose a mournful Muse soft pity... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...fought all his battles o'er again; [the slain, nd thrice he routed all his foes; and thrice he slew The master saw the madness rise; his glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; and while he heaven and earth defy'd, chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride, He chose a mournful Muse soft pity... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 616 pages
...treafure, Sweet the pleafure, Sweet is pleafure after pain. 65 IV. Sooth'd with the found the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes ; and thrice he flew the flain. Ver. 56. Bacchus' ble/ings are a treafvrc, Rick the treafure, Sweet the pleafure, Sweet... | |
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Changed his hand and check'd his pride. He chose a mournful Muse, soft pity to infuse: He sung Darius great and good, by too severe a fate Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen... 
