With Ravish'd Ears The Monarch Hears; Assumes The God, Affects To Nod, And Seems To Shake The Spheres.

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With ravish'd ears
The monarch hears;
Assumes the god,
Affects to nod,
And seems to shake the spheres.
-- John Dryden (1631-1700)
-- Alexander's Feast, Line 37

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