 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...rhymes, and know What's roundly smooth or languishingly slow ; And praise the easy vigor of a line, Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join....from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...rhymes, and know What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow ; And praise the easy vigour of a line, Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join....from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'dto dance. Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense.... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...or languishingly slow; And praise the easy vigour of a line, 24 Where Denham's strength andWaller's sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art,...chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'T is not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...rhymes, and know What 's roundly smooth or languishingly slow ; And praise the easy vigour of a line, 360 Where Denham's strength, and Waller's sweetness join*....offence, The sound must seem an Echo to the sense' : Every Matt in his Humour. P. [But the re- tires he can find, while the sense is left half tired ference... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 512 pages
...What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow ; And praise the easy vigour of a line, Where Denhani's strength and Waller's sweetness join. True ease in...learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives ofi'once, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1870 - 416 pages
...require the piano or moderate voice. "'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence; The sound must seem iin echo to the sense: Soft is the strain when zephyr...smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the Bounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - 164 pages
...theme or an experience. 'Tis not enough no Harshness gives Offence, 364 The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense. Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently...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,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...needless Alexandrine ends the song. That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. (Fr. II) 44 The evil that men do lives after them; The good is...sterner stuff. (Ill, ii) 50 There is a tide in the (Fr. II) FaBoUs; HAP; NIP; PoEL-3; SeCePo 45 For fools admire, but men of sense approve: (Fr. II) 46... | |
 | D. M. R. Bentley - 1994 - 376 pages
...Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense," asserts Pope before providing several illustrative examples: Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the...Surges lash the sounding Shore, The hoarse, rough Vfcrsishou'd like the Torrent TOUT. When Ajax strives, some Rocks' vast Weight to throw, The Line too... | |
 | Kevin J. H. Dettmar - 1996 - 300 pages
...expressive form in poetry: 'Tis not enough no Harshness gives Offence, The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense. Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently...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,... | |
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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... 
