 Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, 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...  The Poetry of Life - Page 302by Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1822 - 1148 pages
...emendations suggested by the character of their vernacular tongue. Let the elaborate lines of Pope, Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother murmurs flows, Had Bentley been born and educated in a southern country, perhaps his theory of the... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...sweetness True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echp to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers... | |
 | Norman Davies - History - 1996 - 1428 pages
...interests: True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo of the sense. Ail nature is but art, unknown to Thee; All chance, direction which thou canst not see;... | |
 | Kevin J. H. Dettmar - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 300 pages
...Criticism are both the locus classicus, and something of an early definition, of expressive form in poetry: 'Tis not enough no Harshness gives Offence, The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense. Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...29 True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. ALEXANDER POPE, (1688-1744) British satirical poet. "An Essay on Criticism," I. 362-5 (1711). 30 Why... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - English language - 1997 - 613 pages
...Criticism) True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. (Essay on Criticism) All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction which thou canst... | |
 | Stephen Adams - Poetry - 1997 - 260 pages
...sense: 365 - ~ i - • i - ' r • r ' Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, -| ' ' r ' r ' r And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shoar, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. - T ' i ' i ' - r ' When Ajax strives,... | |
 | Mary Oliver - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 212 pages
...join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound...hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know... | |
 | Dietrich Jäger - American fiction - 1998 - 340 pages
...Klanglichen): Tis not enough no Harshness give Offence, The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense, 365 Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the...Surges lash the sounding Shore, The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar. When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast Weight to throw, The Line too labours,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound...echo to the sense: Soft is the strain when Zephyr gendy blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding... | |
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