| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pagine
...affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung; Of Bacchus, ever fair and ever young. The jolly god in triumph comes ! Sound the trumpet ; beat the drums ; Flush'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys... | |
| Merritt Caldwell - 1845 - 352 pagine
...And seems to shake the spheres. Narrative. 3. The praise of Bacchus, then the sweet musician sung; Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young ! The jolly god in triumph comes ! Gayety. Sound the trumpets ! beat the drums ! Flushed with a purple grace, He shows his honest face.... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 pagine
...to read. It is lyrical, without being epic or dramatic. For instance, the description of Bacchus, " The jolly god in triumph comes, Sound the trumpets, beat the drums ; Plush'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face," — does not answer, as it ought, to our... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 398 pagine
...spheres. The praise of Rocchus, then, the sweet musician Of Bacchus, ever fair, and ever young. [sung, The jolly god in triumph comes! Sound the trumpets, beat the drums Flushed with a purple grace, lie shows his honest face. [comes! Nm. give the hautboys lireulh— he... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pagine
...spheres. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician Of Bacchus, ever fair, and ever young. [sung, The jolly god in triumph comes ! Sound the trumpets, beat the drums Flushed with a purple grace, He shows his honest face. [comes ! Now. give the hautboys breath — he... | |
| 1909 - 650 pagine
...peace. Dryden gives us this conception in verse : "The praise of Bacchus, then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair, and ever young. The jolly god...triumph comes, Sound the trumpets, beat the drums; Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath ; he comes, he... | |
| Charles Mills Gayley - 1995 - 682 pagine
...qualities of the god overshadow all the rest : The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair, and ever young. The jolly god...triumph comes ; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums ; Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face : Now give the hautboys breath ; he comes, he... | |
| John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 pagine
...Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. Ill The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung; Of Bacchus ever fair, and ever young. The jolly god...triumph comes; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums; Flushed with a purple grace0 He shows his honest face:c Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he... | |
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