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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 foes,... "
The United States Speaker, a Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution ... - Page 268
by John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 504 pages
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...hautboys breath ; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain : Drinking is the soldier's pleasure ; Rich the treasure,...Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Sooth' d with the sound the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again; And thrice he routed...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 21

John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...breath. He cones 1 he Bacchus, ever fair and young, . [cumes t Drinking joys did first obtain ; Ba;chus' blessings are a treasure ; Drinking is the soldier's...treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pam. , CHORUS. " Bacchus' blessings are a treasure ; " " Drinking is the soldier's pleasure : " Rich...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 506 pages
...breath ; he comes, he comes. Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's...Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. CHORUS. Bacchus blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier s pleasure ; Rich the treasure, Sweet...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 11

John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 500 pages
...breath ; he comes, he comes. Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's...Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. CHORUS. Bacchus blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldiers pleasure ; Rich the treasure, Sweet...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...breath ; he comes, he comes ! Bacchus ever fair and young, Drinking jnys did first ordain : Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's...Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain, Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed...
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Specimens of the British Poets ...

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...breath— he comes, he comes ! Bacchus, ever fair and young. Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's...Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again; And thrice he routed...
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The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...breath ; he comes, he comes ! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's...Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain : Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 582 pages
...Rich the treasure ! 2. Sweet the pleasure ! BOTH, Sweet is pleasure after pain ! RECITATIVE. Fir'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his...saw the madness rise, His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyet ; And while he Heaven and Earth dcfy'd, He chose a mournful Muse, Soft pity to infuse; (pride....
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 596 pages
...1'ich the treasure ! 2. Sweet the pleasure ! BOTH. Sweet is pleasure after pain ! RECITATIVE. Fir'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his...again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slcjiv the slain. The master saw the madness rise, His gloivini cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while...
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Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret, Issues 77-79

Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...breath ; he comes, hecomesl Bacchus, ever fair and young, drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, drinking is the soldier's...sweet the pleasure, sweet is pleasure after pain. CHORUS. Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, i drinking is the soldier's pleasure; rich the treasure,...
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