 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
 | William Jillard Hort - 1827 - 312 pages
...Now, through the rocks, appall'd with deep dismay. We bend our course, and stem the desperate way : Dire Scylla, there, a scene of horror forms, And,...Charybdis fills the deep with storms. When the tide gushes from her rumbling caves, The rough rock roars; tumultuous boil the waves; They toss, they foam,... | |
 | John Hollander - 1990 - 280 pages
...“nevertheless” here into a case of “because” (in the same passage from An Essay on Criticism quoted above): “But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, /...hoarse, rough Verse should like the torrent roar” The effusive speaker of Browning's youthful Pauline, his poetic confidence flagging, vows, “So, I... | |
 | Annie Finch - 2000 - 194 pages
...Sense. Soji 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 shou'd like the Torrent roar. When Ajax strives, some Rocks' vast Weight to throw, The line too labours,... | |
 | Amittai F. Aviram - 1994 - 322 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 shou'd like the Torrent roar. When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast Weight to throw, The Line too labours,... | |
 | David Baker - 1996 - 400 pages
...Roethke. 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 labors, and the words move slow: Not... | |
 | Mary Oliver - 1998 - 212 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. EdgarAllan Poe It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived... | |
 | Matthew Campbell - 1999 - 292 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: (Essay... | |
 | James Robert Brown - 1999 - 240 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 a torrent roar. When Ajax strives, some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the... | |
 | James Robert Brown - 1999 - 240 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 a torrent roar. When Ajax strives, some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the... | |
 | Mario Klarer - 1999 - 180 pages
...when Zephyr gently blows, and the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges slash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. (365—72) In these lines, Pope points out that, in what he considers a good poem, content and sound... | |
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