 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 Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Strona 52autor: Alexander Pope - 1873 - Liczba stron: 600Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | William Scott - 1814 - Liczba stron: 424
...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 ;...roar. When Ajax 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,... | |
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - Liczba stron: 222
...giyes 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 ;...roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line, too, labours, and the words move slow :• Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - Liczba stron: 328
...CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION. Smooth and Rough Ftrse. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows, But...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - Liczba stron: 496
...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...roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain,... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - Liczba stron: 416
...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...roar. When Ajax 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,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - Liczba stron: 448
...give 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 ;...roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain,... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - Liczba stron: 490
...gives offence, The sound must seem an echo 10 the sense : Soft is the strain when Zt phyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But...should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rocks vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - Liczba stron: 718
...verses correspond to the objects whicli they describe. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. But...hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. The SECOND class of objects, which the sound of words is often employed to imitate, is Motion: as it... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - Liczba stron: 426
...Soft and Rough. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother number flows : But when loud surges lash the sounding shore,...The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar, ' Slow Motion. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,, The line too labours, and the words... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - Liczba stron: 422
...sense. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows. And the smooth stream in smoother nun bers flows J But when loud surges lash the sounding shore. The...roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,. The Hue, too, labors, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours -the plain,... | |
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