| William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasure*, War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honor but an empty bubble ! Never ending, still beginning,...winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying ; Lovely T hais sits beside thee ; Take the good the gods provide thee, The many rend the skies with loud applause,... | |
| John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1831 - 952 pages
...soothed his soul to pleasures. " What is honour ? 'tis a bubble ; What is war ? 'tis toil and trouble. Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and...worth thy winning, Think, O think, it worth enjoying ! See fair Thais sit beside thee, Take the good the Gods provide thee ; Joys descend from pow'rs above,... | |
| Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...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...worth, thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying 1 Lovely Thais sits beside thee : Take the good the gods provide thee.— The many rend the skies with... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...sound to move. For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in I.ydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble;...Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and «till destroying; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, О think, it worth enjoying : Lovely Thais... | |
| William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...in Ljdian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honor but an empty bubble ! Never ending, still beginning....was crown'd ; but music won the cause. The prince, unible to conceal hia pain, Gaz'd on the fair, Who caus1 d his care ; Andsigh'd and look'd, >sigh'd... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...kindred sound to move, F« pity melts the mind to lore. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd e the songs of Durfey do. Rent from the corps, on...hang the scales that brac'd it in ; I hang my studiou rating still, and still destroying ; If the world be worth thy winning, "»nk, 0 think, it worth enjoying:... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...love. Softly aweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures, War, he sung, is .{oil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending,...Fighting still, and still destroying. . If the world 6e worth thy winning, Think, oh, think it worth enjoying ! Lovely Thais sits beside thee : 41 Take... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...the -vorld be wor h 'h\ winning, Think, O think it «orth enjo- ing; Lovely Thais sits beside tdee ; Take the good the gods provide thee, The many rend the skies wkh loud applause, 80 1 've wascrown'd ; bii: music won the cau.se. The prince, unable to conceal bis... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 pages
...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...sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee — 6 The many rend the skies with loud applause ; So Love was crown'd, but Music won the cause. The... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...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...provide thee. The many rend the skies with loud applause ;f So love was crown'd, but music won the cause. The prince unable to conceal his pain, Gaz'd on the... | |
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