 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...  Classic Selections from the Best Authors - Page 35by Samuel Silas Curry - 1888 - 182 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 276 pages
...nam'd. SECTION V.< VERSES IN WHICH SOUND CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION. Smooth and rough verse. SQPT is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth...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 pages
...more are nam'd. SECTION V. VERSES IN WHICH SOUND CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION. Smooth and rough Verse. SOFT is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the...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 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness give offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives oflence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the...like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's v&st weight to throw, The line too labors, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 496 pages
...The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Hear how Timotheus' varied lays surprise, While, at each change, the son of Libyan Jove And bid alternate... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 pages
...learn'd 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...strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too. labours, and the words move slow : 370 Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently hlows, And the smooth stream in smoother numhers tial scene heheld, 3y Pallas guarded through the dreadful field; 631 tight darts he lahours, and the words move slow : 370 Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...imitation. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the...When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, -\i The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies... | |
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