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...The style should always accord with the subject. '• Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ;...hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar." But this accordance, this " echo of the sound to the sense," cannot be attained in many languages....

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...— The style should always accord with the subject. " Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ;...hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar." But this accordance, this " echo of the sound to the sense," cannot be attained in many languages....

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...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,...