 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
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 pages
...strain, when Zephyr gentle 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 move slow... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 526 pages
...strain, when Zephyr gentle 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 move slow;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 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 move slow;... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pages
...to express, as vividly as possible, the sound of the infernal trump. Pope has done the same thing : But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. And Racine, in describing the serpents seen by Orestes, Pour qui sont ces serpents qui sifflent sur... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 268 pages
...T1ON. 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. Smooth and rough verse. Slow motion imitated. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1826 - 320 pages
...harsh, or difficult motion, as, forewarn, mankind. Example 1. Thus Pope, in his Essar on Criticism, " But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar." Example 2. Again, " With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 pages
...Verse. 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 Slow Motion imitated. I When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, ■i The line too labours,... | |
 | 1826 - 218 pages
...verse. 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. Slow motion imitated. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw. The line too labours, and... | |
 | 1824 - 408 pages
...subject. " 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." But this accordance, this " echo of the sound to the sense," cannot be attained in many languages.... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 394 pages
...Song is p..ã¿ ¿siiute, ners were eu.¿oaeti¿ the ¿ described by homer in Pope's transla. tioi¿: Dire Scylla there a scene of horror forms, And here...caves, The rough rock roars; tumultuous boil the waves: They toss, they foam, a wild confusion raise, Like waters bubbling o'er the fiery blaze; Eternal mists... | |
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