| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 570 pages
...of the Goddess of Mirth. But come, thou Goddess, fair ami free IB heav'n y' clept Euphrosyne: And of men, heart-easing mirth. Whom lovely Venus at a birth. With two sister graces more. To ivy .crowned Bacchus bore. Come, thou Nymph, and bring with the* Mirth, and youthful jollity. Quips... | |
| Anecdotes - 1809 - 562 pages
...Milton in his fifth elegy, follows Virgil. " Nunc quoque septena modulatur arundine pastor." L'ALLEGRO. Heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth, With two sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned f Bacchus bore : * " Her waggoner, a small grey-coaiei gnat." v. Or whether (as some sager sing) The... | |
| John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...under ebon shades, and low-brow'd rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desart ever dwell. And by Men, heart-easing Mirth; Whom lovely Venus,...two sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore : Or whether (as some sager sing) The frolick wind, that breathes the spring, Zephyr, with Aurora playing,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 298 pages
...thou goddess fair and free, In heaven ycleped* Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing mirth, TV horn lovely Venus at a birth •With two sister Graces...ivy-crowned Bacchus bore. Haste thee nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...dark Cimmerian desart ever dwell. But come, thou Goddess fair and free, In Heaven yclep'd Euphrosyne, And by Men, heart-easing Mirth; Whom lovely Venus,...two sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore : Or whether (as some sager sing) The frolick wind, that breathes the spring, Zephyr, with Aurora playing,... | |
| John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 312 pages
...dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. But come, thou Goddess fair and free, In Heaven yclep'd Euphrosyne, And by men heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at...two sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore ; Or whether (as some sages sing) The frolic wind that breathes the spring, Zephyr, with Aurora playing,... | |
| John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 pages
...of the Goddess of Mirth. But come, thou goddess, fair and free, In heav'n yclep'd Euphrosyne, And of men heart-easing Mirth ; Whom lovely Venus at a birth,...two sister graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore. Come, thou nymph, and bring with that Mirth and youthful Jollity ; Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 384 pages
...down the passage at length. ' But come thou goddess, fair and free, ' In heav'n yclep'd Euphrosyne, ' And by men, heart-easing mirth, ' Whom lovely Venus at a birth, ' With two sister graces more, 1 To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore : • Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee • Jest and youthful jollity,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...thou goddess fair and free, In Heaven yclep'd Kuphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth ; Win ii 1 1 lovely Venus, at a birth, With two sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore : Or whether (as some sager sing) The frolic wind, that breathes the spring, Zephyr, with Aurora playing,... | |
| Walter Scott - English drama - 1811 - 700 pages
...tcho it seated in an enchanted chair. Come, thou goddess fair and free, In heaven yclep'd Euphrosyne, And by men heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at...ivy-crowned Bacchus bore ! Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles,... | |
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