| 1823 - 872 페이지
...Lydian measures. Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble, Never ending, still beginning....Fighting still, and still destroying. If the world he worth thy winning, Think, О think, it worth enjoying. Lovely Thais «its beside thee. Take the... | |
| British anthology - 1824 - 460 페이지
...to see That love was in the next degree : Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he...soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble, Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning. Fighting still, and still destroying :... | |
| John Mason Good - 1826 - 454 페이지
...and affection. It is under this description Dryden speaks of it in^iis Ode to Alexander's Feast— Softly sweet in Lydian measures Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. And thus a greater than Dryden, in his wellknown poem, entitled 1'Allegro — And ever against eating... | |
| Constable and co, ltd - 1830 - 412 페이지
...Phrygian was consecrated to religious ceremonies; and the Lydian was mild and soothing. Thus Dryden : " Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, ; Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures." , The following represents the octochord of Pythagoras, with the names of the strings, anH the corresponding... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 페이지
...see That love was in the next degree ; 'Twas but a kindred sound to move ; For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he...soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying.... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 페이지
...see That love was in the next degree; "IV. -is but a kindred-sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, lie sung, is toil and trouble; Honor but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1835 - 158 페이지
...sweet, in Lydian measures, changed to Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. lively.) Remonstrance. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honor, but an...still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying. Roqueating. If the world be worth thy winning, Think, oh think it worth enjoying ! Admiration. Lovely... | |
| John Dryden - 1837 - 482 페이지
...Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour, but an empty bubble ; Never ending, still beginning,...still, and still destroying : If the world be worth thy winningt Think, O think it worth enjoying : Lovely Thais sits besides thee, Take the good the gods... | |
| Noah Webster - 1839 - 262 페이지
...syllable, is well calculated for lively subjects. " Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures ; War, he sung, is toil and trouble, Honor but an empty bubble," &c. The Anapestic measure, in which there are two short syllables to one long, is best adapted to express... | |
| Noah Webster - 1839 - 218 페이지
...smallest number is three " Or to a sad variety of woe." " Softly sweet in Lydian measures Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures ; War he sung is toil and trouble, Honor but an empty bubble," &c. The Anapestic measure, in which there are two short syllables to one long, is best adapted to express... | |
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