...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 the words move slc^v. Swift and easy motion. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending...

...the wrong words, particularly the article, — • " Notta — so — when — swift — Cd-mil-ld scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. To return to our old acquaintance Madame de Stahl. — This lady's autobiography is of undoubted authenticity,...

...lash 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 labors, and the words move slow. Swift and Easy Motion. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain....

...hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Slow motion imitated. When Ajax strives some rocks vasi weight to throw. The line too labours, and the words move slow. Swift and easy motion. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and...

...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,...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the' unbending corn, and skims along the Hear how Timotheus' varied lays surprise, [main. And bid alternate...

...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,...so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main." FROM BLAIR'S LECTURES. CHAP. III. On Figures. FIGURES...

...of Pope, in which, illustrating the rule that 'the sound should be an echo to the sense', he says: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn or skims along the main. Essay on Criticism CHAPTER 34 Pythagoras, Egyptian Deities, Oracles PYTHAGORAS...

...sounding Shore, The hoarse, rough Vfcrsishou'd like the Torrent TOUT. When Ajax strives, some Rocks' vast Weight to throw, The Line too labours, and the Words move slour, Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain, Flies o'er th' unbending Corn, and skims along...

...smoother Numbers flows; But when loud Surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar. When Ajax strives, some Rock's...throw, The Line too labours, and the Words move slow. . . ,44 Not surprisingly, Pope's verse treatise on expressive form itself exploits what he calls "a...

...should like the torrent 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, Flies o 'er th ' unbending corn, and skims along the main. —ALEXANDER POPE Contenting myself with the certainty...