...kind ought to be a caution to others not to attempt it. Had his lines " When Ajax strives some mighty weight to throw; "The line too labours, and the words...when swift Camilla scours the plain, " Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main," been all the author meant them in this respest, the...

...strain, when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud billows lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main From these lines, laboured with great attention, and celebrated...

...sense: soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, and the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; but when loud surges lash the sounding shore, the...throw, the line too labours, and the words move slow; 371 not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the...

...stream in smoother numbers flrws : But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough Terse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some...so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.' The beautiful distich upon Ajax in the foregoing lines...

..." Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, " And the smooth stream in smoother number flows : " But, when loud surges lash the sounding shore, ''...strives some rock's vast weight to throw, " The line too labors, and the words move slow : " Not so, when swift CAMILLA scours the plain, " Flies o'er th' unbending...

...when loud surges lash the sounding shore, ' The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent rore. 1 When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...when swift Camilla scours the plain, ' Flies o'er tb' unbending corn, and skims along the main.' The beautiful distich upon Ajax in the foregoing lines...

...principles of representative har^ mony, it wilt be sufficient to remark that the poet, who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise...

...principles of representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet, who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main ; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise...

...And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sound ing shore, 368 The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar....throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : VARIATIONS. Vet. 390. Ed. 1. A vile conceit in pompous style express'd. Ver. 338. Ed. 1 And smooth...

...principles of representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise of Camilla's lightness of foot, he tried another...