 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 - Página 120por Oliver Goldsmith - 1767Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1826
...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... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826
...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 ! And while he heaven and earth defied— Chang'd his hand and check'd his pride. He... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1826
...powers of ingenious flattery and unbounded exaggeration. Sooth'd with the sound, the prince grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes ; and thrice lie slew the slain. " From the mountains, we directed our course towards Buckra Jeal, where we arrived... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 251 páginas
...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; And while he... | |
 | 1829
...phrenology. Combe chose the famous lines by " Glorious John i" " 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 ;" alluding to the three attacks in the Edinburgh Review, all of which were successfully... | |
 | 1829
...phrenology. tombe chose the famous linee by " Glorious John :" " Soothed with the sound the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrici he slew the slain;" alluding to the three attacks in the Edinburgh Review, all of which were... | |
 | James Knox (topographer.) - 1831
...of the Edinburgh Review. Second Edition. Svo, Is. tid. '* Moved 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!!" CORRESPONDENCE relative to PHRENOLOGY. between Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON, Bart. DrSPURZHEIM.and... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832
...Sweet is pleasure after pain. • • •'•'''' "'f* 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1832
...Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. 6s 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 ; 70 And, while... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1836
...Within my bosom dwells another lord—" . • Reason—" sole judge and umpire of itself."— Home. "Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, And thrice he slew the slain."— Drydm. IT would be " stale, flat, and unprofitable" to go into a detail of the... | |
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