...thoroughly known to 1 1 ii n. The ancients practised the same art ; and Pope, it will be remembered, says, " 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...

...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. Soft is the strain2 when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; 1 Most by numbers,...

...'•:!-•• in writing tomes from art, not chance; A -i thone move easiest who have learnt to dnnce. Tin 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...

...upon the sound it represents. Pope also tells us, in his Poetical Essay on Criticism, " Tis not enongh 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 amoother numbers Howe ; " But when loud...

...to fame have made pretence, Ancients in phrase, mere moderns in their sense." — I. 324, 5. " "Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense." — I. 364, 5. " At every trifle scorn to take offence ; That always shows great pride or little sense."...

...words to fame have made pretence, Ancients in phrase, mere moderns in their sense."—1. 324, 5. " TU not enough no harshness gives offence; The sound must seem an echo to the sense."—I. 364, 5. " At every trifle scorn to take offence; That always shows great pride or little...

...True ease in writing comes from art, not chance; Aa thoKO move easiest who have learnt to d.ince. JTi8 not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the cense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother members flows...

...Pope also tells us, in his Poetical Essay on Criticism, 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offenre ; 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...

...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. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges...

...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 Echo to the sense. 365 NOTES. Ver. 362. True ease] Writers who seem to have composed with the greatest ease, have exerted...