 War, he sung, is toil and trouble, Honour but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think, it worth enjoying: Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the...  The boy's book of poetry, selections from Engl. and Amer. authors - Page 117by Boy - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 pages
...below, And now and then a Sigh he dole, •And Tears began to flow. The mighty Mafter fmil'd to fee That Love was in the next Degree; . *Twas but a kindred Sound to move, For Pity melts the Soul to Love. Softly fweet, in Lydtan Meafures, Soon he fooch'd his Soul to Pleafures : War, he fung,... | |
 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 pages
...chance below ; " And, now and then, a sigh he stole, " And tears began to flow." • . ' • , VThe mighty master smil'd. to see That love was in the next degree : 'Twas hut a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the nwtd to love. Softly sweet, in jLytlian measures, Soon... | |
 | William Cook - 1804 - 468 pages
...is supposed to have done great justice to this Ode, particularly in the pathetic. " The mighty Muter smil'd to see That love was in the next degree. 'Twas...sound to move ; For pity melts the mind to love." "But, though free from licentious harmony," says Dr. Burney, " mild, persuasive, and correct, yet he... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...his alter'd soul The various turns of fate helow ; And now and then a sigh he stole ; And tears hegan to flow. The mighty master smil'd, to see That love was in the uext degree : 'Twos hut a kindred sound to move ; For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in... | |
 | David Humphreys - 1804 - 440 pages
...The various turns of chance below ; , And now and then a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow. V. The mighty master smil'd to see That love was in the next degree; . i 'Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love, • ... Softly sweet he tun'd... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pages
...of chance below ; And now and then a sigh he stole And tears began to flow. Chorus : Revolving, etc. The mighty master smil'd to see That love was in the...kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to Jove. Mais l'ivresse qu'il a fait naître A sa voix va disparaître; II a changé sa lyre et le cœur... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...chance below ; And now and then a sigh he stole And tears began to flow. Chorus : Revolving , etc. The mighty master smil'd to see That love was in the next degree : 'Twas but a kindred sound to move t For pity melts the mind to love. Mais l'ivresse qu'il a fait naître A sa voix va disparaître ;... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...various turns of fate below; And now and then a sigh he stole; And tears began to flow. The might; master smil'd to see That love was in the next degree: Twas hut a kindred sound to move; For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...turns of chance below ; " And, now and then, a sigh he stole, " And tears began to flow.'' v. Tke- mighty master smil'd to see That love was in the next degree : 'Twas hut a kindred sound to move, Por pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon"... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 pages
...chance below ; And, now and then, a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow. V. The mighty master smiled, to see That love was in the next degree ; Twas but a kindred-sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed... | |
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