 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 Beauties of English Poesy - Page 122by Oliver Goldsmith - 1767Full view - About this book
 | 1793 - 376 pages
...Sweet the pleafure; Sweet is pleafure after fain. 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. The mafter faw the madnefs rife; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; 70 And, while he heaven and earth... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1793 - 274 pages
...the pleafure ; • Sweet is pleafure afler pain, Sootb'd 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 flail. The mafler faw the madnefs rife ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes l And, while he heaven... | |
 | 1795 - 848 pages
...him again as eaulr; ' Dryden defcribing, fays, admirably ; Pleas'd with the found, the king grew vz'r Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and tbrix •'< flew the ¡'..un. The matter faw the madnefs rife, His glowing cheek;, hie ardent eyes... | |
 | Samuel Ireland - Belgium - 1796 - 314 pages
...the fortifications; where, at every ffep, our little hero fhouldered his cane, renewed his battles, and " thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he " flew the flain." In recital, he artfully drew on the French troops, and as happily repulfed them; in fhort, we had the... | |
 | William Cobbett - France - 1797 - 292 pages
...like Alexander the great among his parafitical peers. " Sooth'd with the found, the — grew vain, " Fought all his battles o'er again, '' And thrice he...routed all his foes, " And thrice he flew the flain." No, no; what muft a foreigner think if he were to hear itfaid that his Excellency was feen •boozing... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...the pleafure after pain. Chor. Bacchus' ílejpngí, &c. 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 lie flew the flain. The mafter faw the madnefs rife ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And while... | |
 | English literature - 1797 - 494 pages
...exaggeration. " SocthM with the found, the Prince grew " va;n, " Fought all his battles o'er «fain, " And thrice he routed all his foes, and " thrice he flew the flain.'* From the mountains we direiled our cmirlë towards Biietta Jeel, where we arrived on the 4th of December.... | |
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...treafure, . Sweet the pleafure ; Sweet is pleafure after pain. 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. The mafter faw the madnefs rife ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while he heav'n and earth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 658 pages
...Fought all his battles o'er ajain ; And thrice he routed all his foes ; and thr the (lain. The mafter faw the madnefs rife ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes And while he heaven and earth defy'i Chang'd his hand, andcheck'd his pi He chofe a mournful Mufe Soft pity toinfufe:... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 416 pages
...Sweet the pleasure ; " Sweet is pleasure after pain." IV. Sooth'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 slew The mas'er saw the madness rise; [the slain. His glowing cheeks, his anlent eyes ; And while he... | |
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