 | Peter Pindar - 1797 - 352 pagine
...And now the sweet TIMOTHEUS sang the FAIR, A la Chinoisc, that brought such crowds to starej f * " War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; " Honour but an empty bubble; it Never ending, still beginning, " Fighting still, and stil] destroying: *' If the world be worth... | |
 | 1801 - 416 pagine
...pity melts the mind to love, Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble, Honour but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying: If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
 | David Humphreys - 1804 - 440 pagine
...with a Bacchanal sound; Softly sweet, in Lydlan measures, Soon he sooth 'd his soul to pleasures, f War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying; If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pagine
...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures : War he sung is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble : Never ending, still beginning , Fighting still , and still destroying: If the world be worth thy... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pagine
...pitié dispose à l'amour. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures , Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble , Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning , Fighting still, and still. destroying , If the world be worth thy... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pagine
...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying : If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 pagine
...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures : War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying: If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 500 pagine
...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures: War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying: If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pagine
...pity melis the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble, Honour but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying : If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pagine
...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures : War, he sung, is toil and trouble; • • Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying : If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
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Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble... 
