Twas 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, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble... The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 2451826Full view - About this book
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...And now the sweet TIMOTHEUS sang the FAIR, A la Chinoisc, that brought such crowds to starej f * " War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; " Honour but an empty bubble; it Never ending, still beginning, " Fighting still, and stil] destroying: *' If the world be worth... | |
| English poetry - 1801 - 416 pages
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| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
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| David Humphreys - United States - 1804 - 440 pages
...with a Bacchanal sound; Softly sweet, in Lydlan measures, Soon he sooth 'd his soul to pleasures, f War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying; If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
| Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...pitié dispose à l'amour. Softly sweet, in 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 be worth thy... | |
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| John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 500 pages
...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed 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 be worth thy winning,... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 506 pages
...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed 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 be worth thy winning,... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...pity melis the mind to love. Softly sweet, in 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 be worth thy winning,... | |
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...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in 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 be worth thy winning,... | |
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