 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
 | Thomas Brown (the elder, pseud.) - 1818 - 770 pages
...his members. The flush of Burgundy was now geen, and " Plcas'd with the sound, the peer grew Tain, Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, And thrice he skw the slain." Madame ****** was now asked for a song ; and out of compliment to the fighting peer,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 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 he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the The master saw the madness rise ; [slain. His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...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 he routed all his foes, and thvice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 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 slain. — The Master saw the madness rise, His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 292 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 he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew The master saw the madness rise; [the slain. His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes : And while he... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 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 he routed all his foes ; and thrice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; ^jfAnd, while... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...; 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 he routed all his foes, and thrice he elew the slain. The master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And while he... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...the pleasure after pain. Chor. Bacchus1 bletsings, &ci Sooth'd with the sound, the king grrw vain, Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And while he... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...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, and thrice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while... | |
 | Ebenezer Mack - Cats - 1824 - 292 pages
...disapprobation by figures and flourishes) in the present case — " Sooth'd by 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 slain." Here the whole of this divine Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, by the immortal translator... | |
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