...grandeur of the subject, and nothing can be more simple and majestic than the expression: " The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound, A present deity '. they...ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres." The magnificence of this scene is contrasted with...

...Jove as the father of his hero, hath used the most regular and perfect iambics The list'ning croud admire the lofty sound, A present deity' they shout...ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god. Affects to nod. And seems to shake the spheres. . ,,,. But when he comes to sing the jovial god of...

...in the next degree: To touch that string was little labour, For love to pity is next neighbour. in. The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung...triumph comes ; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums : Plush 'd with a purple grace, He shows his honest face. Now give the hautboys breath. He comes, he...

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...-the god, Affects the nod • • And seems to shake the spheres. Chorus : with ravish'd ears, et*. The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung,...trumpets, beat the drums. Flush'd with a purple grace He shews his honest face ; Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes, Bacchus ever fair and young...

...press'd, * * * **************** And stamp' d an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound ; A present deity, they...ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung...

...to fair Olympia press'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world.— The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound; A present deity, they...ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung;...

...seems to shake the spheres. CHORUS. With ravished ears, The monarch hears; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The praise...triumph comes ; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums; Flushed with a purple grace He shews his honest face : Now, give the hautboys breath ; he comes, he...

...ravished ears, The monarch hears ; Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. III. The praise of Bacchus, then, the sweet musician sung;...triumph comes; Sound the trumpets, beat the drums ; Flushed with a purple grace He shews his honest face : Now, give the hautboys breath ; he comes,...

...he to fair Olympia press'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sov'reign of the world The lif t'ning crowd admire the lofty sound-; A present deity, they...--.With ravish'd ears The monarch hears, Assumes the g«d, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. : The praise of Bacchus then, the sweet musician...