 | William Scott - 1820 - 434 páginas
...sense. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; Hut when loud surges lash the sounding shore. The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line, too, labors, and the words move slow... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 páginas
...strain, when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows i But when loud billows lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, •The line too labours, and the words move slow... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 456 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 like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ;... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 páginas
...SECTION V. VEBSES IN WHICH SOUND CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION. Smooth and Rough Verse. SOFT is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in...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 labors, and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 páginas
...when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. But when loud surges ksh the sounding shore, 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 páginas
...SECTION V. T5RSES IN WHICH SOUND CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION. Smooth and rough verse. SOFT is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in...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... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 230 páginas
...the verses of Pope, who breathes the very soul of harmony, on this very subject. " Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in...hoarse, rough, verse should, like the torrent, roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line, too, labours, and the words move slow.... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 páginas
...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...The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar, When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow:... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 páginas
...AlexIMITATIONS. Ver. 366. Soft is the strain, <$'c.] " Tum si laeta canunt,'' &c. Vida, Poet, 1. iii. ver. 403. But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 páginas
...AlexIMITATIONS. Ver. 366. Soft is the strain, Ifc.} " Turn si laeta canunt,'' &c. Vida, Poet, 1. iii. ver. 403. But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow... | |
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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... 
