 Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes,...  The Poetical Works of John Dryden - Page 373by John Dryden - 1900 - 559 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure ; Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure, after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain Fought all his...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... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...is the soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure ; Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain ! Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought...madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ! And, while he heaven and earth defied — Changed his hand and checked his pride. DIDACTIC AND RHETORICAL.... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...began from Jove, Who left his blissful seat above — Such is the power of mighty love ! — ****** Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought...madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while he heaven and earth defied, Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1844 - 318 pages
...; Sweet is pleasure, after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain Fought all his battlss o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, and...madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while he heaven and earth defy'd, Chang'd his hand and chcck'd his pride He cho-e a mournful muse,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Sooth'd o ЏA R ;+ lo 7 : ? ݄ Ǟ _ %% q(j ! Aq i: 5 s C cv » " z N m i be slain. The master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while he heav'n... | |
 | American literature - 1856 - 606 pages
...default of a better minstrel, to chaunt the poean of victory, like him who, to the music of Timotheus, " Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he...routed all his foes, And thrice he slew the slain." Probably few Englishmen, save those in search of material for philosophical study, have attempted to... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 492 pages
...soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure ; Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure, after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain Fought all his...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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1845 - 312 pages
...soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure ; Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure, after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain Fought all his...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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...his foes,and thrice he slew The master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes : And, while he heaven and earth defied. Changed his hand, and checked his pride.— He chose u mournful muse, soft pity loinfusc, He sung Darius, great and good, [leu, By too severe a fate, fallen,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1846 - 312 pages
...soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure ; Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure, after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain Fought all his...thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slainThe master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And while he heaven and... | |
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