 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 566 pages
...grandeur of the subject, and nothing can be more simple and majestic than the expression: " The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound, A present deity '. they...shout around ; A present deity ! the vaulted roofs rebound. With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake... | |
 | George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 404 pages
...Jove as the father of his hero, hath used the most regular and perfect iambics The list'ning croud admire the lofty sound, A present deity' they shout around, A present deity' the vaulted roofs rebound. With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god. Affects to nod. And seems to shake... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...fair Olympia press'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. — The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound : A present deity, they...around : A present deity, the vaulted roofs rehound t With ravish'U ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres.... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...press'd, * * * **************** And stamp' d an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound ; A present deity, they shout around: A present deity, the vaulted roofs rebound : With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...to fair Olympia press'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world.— The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound; A present deity, they...shout around : A present deity, the vaulted roofs rebound: With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...slender waist he curl'd , And stamp'd an image of himself, a sov'reign of the world. The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound ; . A present deity they shout around , A present deity the vaulted roofs rebound. "With ravish 'd ears The monarch hears , D'une épousée orientale. De grâces , de majesté... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 500 pages
...pressed, And while he sought her snowy breast; Then, round her slender waist he curled, And stamped an image of himself, a sovereign of the world.—...shout around ; A present deity ! the vaulted roofs rebound. With ravished ears, The monarch hears ; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 506 pages
...pressed, And while he sought her snowy breast; Then, round her slender waist he curled, And stamped an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. —...shout around ; A present deity ! the vaulted roofs rebound. With ravished ears, The monarch hears ; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...he to fair Olympia press'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sov'reign of the world The lif t'ning crowd admire the lofty sound-; A present deity, they shout around, A present deity, the vaulted roofs rebound : --.With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the g«d, Affects to nod, And seems to shake... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...press'd, And while he sought her snowy breast; Then, round her slender waist he curl'd, And stamp'dan image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The listening...shout around ; A present deity ! the vaulted roofs rebound. With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake... | |
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Who left his blissful seats above — Such is the power of mighty love! A dragon's fiery form belied the god; Sublime on radiant spires he... 
