 | John Dryden - 1837 - 478 pagina’s
...Sweet is pleasure after pain. 1T. Sooth'd with the sound the king grew vain ; Fought all his hattles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes ; and thrice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pagina’s
...treasure' ; Sweet' . . the pleasure* : Sweet' . . is pleasure' . . after pain*. Soothed with the sound', the king grew vain* ; Fought all his battles o'er...And thrice he routed all his foes', and thrice he slew the slain*. The master saw the madness rise* ; His glowing cheeks*, his ardent eyes* ; And', while... | |
 | 1839 - 798 pagina’s
...to scamper : Blessed be all the saints, Kiova town was free 1 XI. Now, puffed with pride, the mayor grew vain, Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain. 'Tis true he might amuse himself thus, And not be very murderous ; Tor as of those... | |
 | 1919 - 674 pagina’s
...described the effect upon Alexander and his " ast-embled peers in these words: — Soothed with th§ sound, the king grew vain, Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, And thrice he slew the slain. "cannot suppose that Parliament had never heard of this poem. " They must have known... | |
 | Samuel Ireland - 1970 - 188 pagina’s
...rhetoric? Did Dryden copy from either of thefe poets, when he exclaims in his ode to St. Cecilia, " And thrice he routed all his foes, " And thrice he flew the flain." This is furely a fpecies of criticifm, which is founded on principles, fo vague, and indefinite,... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1881 - 468 pagina’s
...chorus :— " Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain." After all this, " The king grew vain, Fought all his battles o'er again...And thrice he routed all his foes ; and thrice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; And, while he... | |
 | Lawrence O. Koch - 1988 - 356 pagina’s
...Bird and Diz. CHAPTER XV MORE STRINGS Granz Productions (July-October 1950) Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain: Fought all his battles o'er again; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain. John Dryden — Alexander's Feast At the end of June 1950, as America entered the Korean... | |
 | David M. Nelson - 1994 - 610 pagina’s
...of the game was changing. Fourth Quarter Grass Basketball and a Safer Game Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain Fought all his battles o'er again; And thrice he routed all his foes, And thrice he slew the slain. — John Dryden, Alexander's Feast 17 John Waldorf's Era, 1968-1975 NCAA Football Rules... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - 613 pagina’s
...pleasure; Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound the King grew vain, Fought all his battles o'er again; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain. All, all of a piece throughout: Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars brought nothing... | |
 | T. S. Eliot - 1997 - 146 pagina’s
...magnificence, as in "Alexander's Feast": — Sooth 'd with the sound the king grew vain; Fought all his hattles o'er again; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain. The great advantage of Dryden over Milton is that while the former is always in control... | |
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Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure ; Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his... 
