With ravished ears
The monarch hears;
Assumes the god,
Affects the nod,
And seems to shake the spheres.


l. 37-41. - Alexander's Feast (1697)

John Dryden Quotes

With ravished ears The monarch hears; Assumes the god, Affects the nod, And seems to shake the spheres.

With ravished ears The monarch hears; Assumes the god, Affects the nod, And seems to shake the spheres.

With ravished ears The monarch hears; Assumes the god, Affects the nod, And seems to shake the spheres.

With ravished ears The monarch hears; Assumes the god, Affects the nod, And seems to shake the spheres.