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 Works of Alexander Pope ... - Page 201by Alexander Pope - 1856 - 504 pagesFull view - About this book
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...SECTION V. Verses in which sound cor responds to signification. ._ ,. Smooth, and rough verse. SOFT is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth...The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Slow motion imitated. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 352 pages
...shore, The hoarse rough verse shoi, hi like the torrent roar* When Ajax strives some rock,s vast wcight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o,er th1 unbending corn, and skims along the main. From these lines, laboured with great attention, and... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...sufficient to remark that the poet who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rork's vast weight to ihrow, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unhending corn, and skims along the main — when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise... | |
| John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...observes, "Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound miift seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain, when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth...flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, Tlie hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to... | |
| Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 222 pages
...dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness giyes offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain, when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. POPE, II. Good name, in man or woman, Js the immediate... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...dance. '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...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 - 464 pages
...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...Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. From these lines, laboured with great attention, and celebrated by a rival wit, may be judged... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 496 pages
...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...Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending coin, and skims along the main. From these lines, laboured with great attention, and celebrated by... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 410 pages
...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,...Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise of Camilla's lightness of foot, he tried... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...narn'd. SECTION V. VERSES IN WHICH SOUND CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION. Smooth and Rough Ftrse. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth...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... | |
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