 | John Dryden, Sir Walter Scott, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - 1808
...this unequalled effusion of ly i teal poetry, are fully discussed in the general criticism. I. 'IWAS at the royal feast, for Persia won By Philip's warlike...sate On his imperial throne. His valiant peers were placed around ; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound : (So should desert in arms be crowned.)... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 400mga pahina
...CHAP. XXXIII. ALEXANDER'S FEAST. 'TWAS at the 'royal feast, for Persia won By .Philip's warlike SoD ^ Aloft in awful state The god-like hero sate On his imperial throne ; .His valiant peers were plae'd around ; Their brows with roses and with myrtle bound : So should desert in arms be crown'd.... | |
 | English poetry - 1809
...heav'n. ALEXANDER'S FEAST; OK, THE POWEK OF MUSIC: AN ODE, In honour of St. Cecilia's Day. [DRYDEN.] TWAS at the royal feast, for Persia won. By Philip's warlike...sate On his imperial throne : His valiant peers were placed around ; Their brows with roses and with myrtle bound : So should desert in arms be crown'd.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809
...narrow mind. § 99. Alexander's Frast ; or the Power of Wt/sic. AnOdeonSf. Cecilia's Day. DRYDEN. TWAS " If time past, And time posscst, lx>th pain us, what can please ', That which the _ t The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne : His valiant |>eers were plac'd around; ["heir brows... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810
...sky. ALEXANDER'S FEAST: OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC. An Ode in .honour of St. Cecilia's Day. . • T was at the royal feast, for Persia won by Philip's warlike...plac'd around ; their brows with roses and with myrtles bound.(So should desert in arms be crown'd:) the lovely Thais, by his side, sate like a blooming Eastern... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810
...MUSIC BY MR. HUGHE*. RECITATIVE. TWAS at the royal feast, for Persia wojx By Phillip's warlike son j Aloft in awful state, The godlike hero sate On his...; Their brows with, roses and with myrtles bound. AIR. Lovely Thais by his side Bloomjnsr sat in beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810
...sky. ALEXANDER'S FEAST: OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC. ' . An Ode in -honour of St. Cecilia's Day. • T was at the royal feast, for Persia won by Philip's warlike son: aloft in awful state the godlike hero sate oil his imperial throne: his valiant peers were plac'd around ; their brows with roses and with myrtles... | |
 | William Scott, John Walker, James Burgh - 1814 - 407mga pahina
...IX,— Alexander's Feast ; or, the power of Music .—.'in Odefor St. Cicilia's Dai/. — DRYDEN. 'TWAS at the royal feast, for Persia won By Philip's warlike son.— Aloft in awful state, The godlike hero sat On his imperial throne. His valiant peers were plac'd around, Their brows with roses and with myrtles... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 324mga pahina
...D d Alexander's Feast; or, the Power of Music. — An Ode for St. Cecilia's Day. — DRYBEN. 'TWAS at the royal feast, for Persia won By Philip's warlike son. — Aloft in awful state, The godlike hero sat On his imperial throne. His valiant peers were plac'd around, Their brows with roses and with myrtles... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1817 - 260mga pahina
...fate, And from itself shake off the weight Upon the unworthy mind." ,. -if ALEXANDER'S FEA§T. *Y 'TwAs at the royal feast, for Persia won, By Philip's warlike...sate On his imperial throne : His valiant peers were placed around ; Their brows with roses and with myrtle bound : So should desert in arms be crown'd.... | |
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TwAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne... 
