 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...Fought all his hattles o'er again: And thrice be routed all his.foes; and thrice be sle» the slain.— The master saw the madness rise; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while he heaven and earth defy'd, Chang'd his hand, nnd chtck'd his pride. He chose a mournful muse Soft pity to infuse: He sung... | |
 | Lawrence Dundas Campbell, Ewq. - 1806 - 850 pages
...ingenious flattery, arid unbounded exaggeration : " Sooth'd with the strain the prince grew vain, Foeg'ht all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain." From the mountains we directed our course towards Buckra Jeel, where we arrived on the 4-th... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...: " Rich the treasure, " Sweet the pleasure; .. i " Sweet is pleasure after pain." iv. ' f Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his...; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he The master saw the madness rise ; [slew the slain. His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; : And while... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 pages
...soldier s pleasure ; Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. IV. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain : Fought all his...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 heaven... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...the soldier's pleasure. Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain, Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his...thrice he routed all his foes ; and thrice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise ; His glbwing cheeks, .his ardent eyes; And while he heav'n... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 500 pages
...soldiers pleasure ; Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. IV. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain : Fought all his...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 heaven... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...the soldier's pleasure; Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his...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 heav'n and... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...soldier's pleasure ; Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain : Fought all his...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 heav'n... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 pages
...Rich the treasure ! 2. Sweet the pleasure ! BOTH, Sweet is pleasure after pain ! RECITATIVE. Fir'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his...thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise, His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyet ; And while he Heaven and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 596 pages
...1'ich the treasure ! 2. Sweet the pleasure ! BOTH. Sweet is pleasure after pain ! RECITATIVE. Fir'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his...again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slcjiv the slain. The master saw the madness rise, His gloivini cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while... | |
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Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful Muse Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen... 
