...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. — The...A present deity ! the vaulted roofs rebound. With ravished ears, The monarch hears ; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres....

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...It has always struck me that there is a good deal of what Mr. Pope called namby-pamby in both—' " With ravish'd ears " The monarch hears, " Assumes...Affects to nod, " And seems to shake the spheres." " Bich the treasure, " Sweet the pleasure, " Sweet is pleasure after pain," &c. — DRYDE». '/ " Dreadful...

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...slender waist he curl'd, and stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The listening croud admire the lofty sound, a present deity, they shout...god, affects to nod, and seems to shake the spheres. CHORUS. With ravish'd ears the monarch hears, assumes the god, affects to nod, and seems to shake the...

...slender waist he curl'd, and stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign the world. The listening croud admire the lofty sound, a present deity, they shout...god, affects to nod, and seems to shake the spheres. CHORUS. With ravish'd ears the monarch hears, assumes the god, affects to nod, and seems to shake the...

...most happily to the variety of the occasion. Those by which he has chosen to expresf Majesty, (viz.) Assumes the God, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres, are chosen in the following ode, because the v . f> ect of it is great. For the more harmony likewise,...

...Alexander is almost mad with pride, M hearing Jiimself celebrated as the son of Jupiter by Olympia. With ravish'd ears The monarch hears ; Assumes the...god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. 72. But — a[sizc, Sfc.] They had no pot capacious enough, in its Aimenfions, to contain this large...

...he 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...ravish'd ears the monarch hears, Assumes the god, aftects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bachiis, then, the sweet musician sung...