 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 294 Seiten
...needless Alexandrine ends the song, That like a wounded snake drags its slow length along. And afterwards, 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound...gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers ff Bat when load surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 Seiten
...theirowndullrhymesandknow What's roundly smooth or languishingly slow; And praise the easy vigour of a line, Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join....chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. MV; not enough no harshness gives offence, .The sound must seem an echo to the sense: Soft is the strain... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...Where J>enham*s strength and Waller's sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art, not cJiance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. Tis...seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when aephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when lond surges lash the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 Seiten
...sweetness True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,]' 363 As those move easiest who have leara'd to dance. Tis not enough no harshness gives offence,...gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sound ing shore, 368 The hoarse, rough verse should like the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 Seiten
...Where Denbam's strength and Waller's sweetness True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, [f>63 As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. *Tis...echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr g ntly blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers Bows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding... | |
 | Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - 1810 - 514 Seiten
...versification are equally applicable to the just modulations of the voice in reading and speaking : " 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, " The...gently blows, " And the smooth stream in smoother number flows : " But, when loud surges lash the sounding shore, '' The hoarse, rough verse should like... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 Seiten
...True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. T is not enough no harshness gives offence, the sound must...gently blows, and the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; but when loud surges lash the sounding shore, Ae hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 Seiten
...rhymes, and know what's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow; and praise the easy vigour of a line, 360 where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join....chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'T is not enough no harshness gives offence, the sound must seem an echo to the sense: soft is the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 Seiten
...rhymes, and know What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow, And praise the easy vigour of of a line Where Denham's strength, and Waller's sweetness join....chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. ''Pis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 Seiten
...True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, Where Denham's strengh, and Waller's sweetness join. As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis...Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother number flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight... | |
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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... 
