 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
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...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,... | |
 | John Wolcot - 1812 - 540 pages
...is worth the winning : Fighting still, and still destroying ; Hide-money is worth enjoying* : • " 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,... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...pity melts the mind to Jove. 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. 316 AMERICAN ORATOR.— DRYD*N-. Fighting still, and still destroying.... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...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,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in I.ydian 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 «till destroying; If the world be worth thy winning,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 pages
...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,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 346 pages
...pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasure!. 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,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...melts the mind to love. >Q^ 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,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...pity melu 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 he worth thy winning,... | |
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