 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 496 Seiten
...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...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, Flies o'er... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 Seiten
...groan the thickets brown, ' ' Then rustling, crackling, crashing, thunder down. Iliad, xziii. 144. But when loud surges' lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Pop?* Essay on Criticism, 369. Dire Scylla there a scene of horror forms, And here Charybdis fills... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 Seiten
...Ftrse. 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 tike the torrent roar, Slow Motion Imitated. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 Seiten
...zephyr gently blows, . And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges la?h the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should...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... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 Seiten
...echoing groan the thickets brown, Then rustling, crackling, crashing, thunder down. Jliad, xxiii. 144. But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, •...The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Pope's Essay on Criticism, 369. if • * Dire Scylla there a scene of horror forms, And here Charybdis... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 Seiten
...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...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, Flies o'er... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 718 Seiten
...describe. 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 like the torrent roar. The SECOND class of objects, which the sound of words is often employed to imitate, is Motion: as it... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 Seiten
...Rough. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother number flows: But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Slow Motion. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw. The line too labours, and the words... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 434 Seiten
...echoing groan the thickets brown, Then rustling, crackling, crashing, thunder down. Iliad, xxiii. 144. But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent ro»r. Pope's Essay on Criticism, 369. DireScylla there a scene of horror forms, And here Charybdis... | |
 | William Scott - 1820 - 422 Seiten
...sense. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows. And the smooth stream in smoother nun bers flows J But when loud surges lash the sounding shore. The...When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,. The Hue, too, labors, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours -the plain, Flies... | |
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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 like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives... 
