 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. Dire Scylla there a scene of horror forms, And here Charybdis fills the deep with storms: When the tide rushes...  Elements of Criticism - Page 290by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1833 - 504 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 218 pages
...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 some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow :... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 pages
.... 28. 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 some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow;... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 pages
...28. Soft is t1¿e 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 some rock's vast weight to throw, - The line too labours, and the words move slow;... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 426 pages
...conjunction. 28. 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 some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pages
...ruisseau coule en vers plus doux (i) ; (O L'anglais a plusieurs expressions pour rendre le mot doux: soit> But, when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar ; When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow... | |
 | 1806 - 346 pages
...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 like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words more slow ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 pages
...sense. V 16 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 roai When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to thro' The line too labours, and the words move slow:... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 296 pages
...Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smouXVvw VXYK&OTJ. $>»•«•!,-. SPECTATOR. N« •253. But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. The line too labours, and the words move slow ; '' When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 308 pages
...stream in smoother numbers flows. Soft is the strain when Zcpbyr gently blows, But when loud billows lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. The line too labours, and the words move slow; When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,... | |
 | Patrick Brydone - 1809 - 382 pages
...; and represent it as an object that inspired terror, even when looked on at a distance. // - : _ * Dire Scylla there a scene of horror forms, ' And here Charybdis fills the deep with stormy : .When the tide rusht-s from her rumbling caves, r'i r 'The rough rock roars ; tumultuous boil... | |
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