 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 páginas
...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...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, Flies o'er lh' unbending... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 páginas
...CORRESPONDS TO SIGMrKTATION. Smooth and rough verse. SOFT is the strain' when zephyr gently blows', And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows*. But when...The hoarse', rough verse', should like the torrent mar*. Slow motion imitated. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw', The line' too labours',... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 276 páginas
...CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION. Smooth and rough verse. SQPT is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. But when...sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrejit roar. Slow motion imitated. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1828 - 252 páginas
...CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION. Smooth and rough Verse. SOFT is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. But when...roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to tkrow, The line too labours, and the words move slow. Slow Motion imitated.^ Swift and easy Motion.... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 páginas
...; . 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...should like the torrent roar, When Ajax strives some reek's vast weight- to throvr, The line, too, labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift... | |
 | George Combe - 1830 - 738 páginas
...habitation and a name " J " When AJAX strives some rock's huge weight to throw, The line too, labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift CAMILLA...o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main." POPE. Mr WATSON observes, that, in SHERIDAN, Individuality and Eventuality are large, and Comparison... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 páginas
...Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flow»; But when loud surges lash ihc / labours, and the words move slow : 37Í Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 páginas
...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...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, Flies o'er the unbending... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 páginas
...strain, when Zephyr gently blows, Aud the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows, But when loud billows Tho line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Fliea o'er... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 páginas
...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...o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Hear how Timotheus' varied lays surprise, And bid alternate passions fall and rise ! While, at each... | |
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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... 
