 | Richard Polwhele - 1826 - 390 Seiten
...your character. much of the ballad species ; and as being too remote from the lyric genius ; such as " War, he sung, is toil and trouble, Honour but an empty bubble, &c." " With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, &c." The repetition of " Fall'n, fall'n, fall'n, fall'n,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 Seiten
...in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble: Honor but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning,...applause: So Love was crown'd : but Music won the causev The prince, unable to conceal his pain, Gaz'd on the fair, Who caus'd his care, And sigh'd,... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 Seiten
...sound to move ; For 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...destroying. If the world be worth thy winning, Think, oh, think it worth enjoying ! Lovely Thais sits beside thee : Take the good the gods provide thee ;... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 Seiten
...in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble: Honor but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning,...destroying, If the world be worth thy winning, Think, 0 think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee. — Take the good the gods provide thee.... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - 310 Seiten
...bubble; | Never | ending, | still be | ginning, | Fighting | still and | still de | stroying: | | | If the | world be | worth thy | winning, | Think O | think it | worth en | joying! | | | Lovely | Thais | sits be | s'de thee. | | | Take the | good the | gods pro | vide... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 Seiten
...kindred sound to move; For 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...thee; Take the good the gods provide thee, The many reud the skies with loud applause, So love was crown'd ; but music won the cause. The prince, unable... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 Seiten
...and fall. Shalttfeare. Then a loldiei, Seeking the bubble reputation, Even in the cannon's month. Id, War, he sung, is toil and trouble. Honour but an empty bubble, Fighting still, and still destroying. Dryden. Still bubble on, and pour forth blood and tears. Id.... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1830 - 618 Seiten
...«roXXaj 4/u^aj avSgs/aj Tim; airfOreiXev sij''AS>jv. In this, which is exactly the metre of Dryden's War, he sung, is toil and trouble, Honour but an empty bubble ; the classical ear of the' English student will scarcely recognize the lofty MIJVIV HM= flea of its... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 Seiten
...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...destroying. If the world be worth thy winning, Think, oh ! think it worth enjoying ! Lovely Thais sits beside thee ; Take the good the gods provide thee..... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, lie sung, is toil and trouble; Honor but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning,...destroying: If the world be worth thy winning, Think, oh, think it worth enjoying: Lovely Thais sits beside thee. Take the good the gods provide thee. The... | |
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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... 
