 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 404 pages
...that the poet, who tells us, that When Ajax strives, some rock's vast weight to throw, The line two labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise of Camilla's lightness of foot, he tried another... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1821 - 406 pages
...principles of representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet who tells us that When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main ; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise of Camilla's lightness of foot, he tried another... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...more are nam'd. SECTION V. VEBSES IN WHICH SOUND CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION. Smooth and Rough Verse. SOFT is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the...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... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English language - 1822 - 230 pages
...which may be added the verses of Pope, who breathes the very soul of harmony, on this very subject. " Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the...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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 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...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 428 pages
...AlexIMITATIONS. Ver. 366. Soft is the strain, Ifc.} " Turn si laeta canunt,'' &c. Vida, Poet, 1. iii. ver. 403. But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The...throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : 371 Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, . Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 426 pages
...AlexIMITATIONS. Ver. 366. Soft is the strain, <$'c.] " Tum si laeta canunt,'' &c. Vida, Poet, 1. iii. ver. 403. But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The...throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : 371 Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...more are nam'd SECTION V. T5RSES IN WHICH SOUND CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION. Smooth and rough verse. SOFT is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the...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... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 308 pages
...harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet, who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rook's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the...so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the' unbending corn, and skims along the main ; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...asperity, of slowness and velocity, are as complete, as, in the nature of things, they can be:— " Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main." In this specimen, however, (which is probably the best in the English language,) the imitation is imperfect,... | |
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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... 
