The sound must seem an echo to the 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 hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives... The Works of Alexander Pope - Página 278por Alexander Pope - 1822Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 páginas
...smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loiid surges lash the sounding shore, The hoar.'e, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to threw The lino too labours, and the verse moves slow. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1813 - 276 páginas
...hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Slow Motion imitated. When Ajax strives some roek's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow. Swtft and easy Motion. Not so when swift Camilla seours the plain, Flies o'er tfr unbending eorn, and... | |
| Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 páginas
...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 :• Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 páginas
...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...strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line, too, labors, ami the wards move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th" unbending... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 496 páginas
...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...throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending coin, and skims along the main.... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 páginas
...groan the thickets brown, ' ' Then rustling, crackling, crashing, thunder down. Iliad, xziii. 144. But when loud surges' lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Pop?* Essay on Criticism, 369. Dire Scylla there a scene of horror forms, And here Charybdis fills... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 páginas
...Ftrse. 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 hoarse rough verse should tike the torrent roar, Slow Motion Imitated. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 530 páginas
...torrent roar. much maturity of judgement, extent of reading, and. "When Ajax strives some rock's \rast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flees o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main.... | |
| William Scott - 1817 - 416 páginas
...zephyr gently blows, . And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges la?h the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should...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 th1 unbending... | |
| Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 páginas
...echoing groan the thickets brown, Then rustling, crackling, crashing, thunder down. Jliad, xxiii. 144. But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, •...The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Pope's Essay on Criticism, 369. if • * Dire Scylla there a scene of horror forms, And here Charybdis... | |
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