 | 1806 - 346 pages
...growth of happier climates, into a soil'less adapted to its nature, and less favourable to its increase. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows. And the...smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud billows lash the soundsng shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pages
...anglaise; il prouvera ensuite quelle énorme différence existe entre un bon et un mauvais traducteur ; Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows ; And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows;* *Le vers est doux quand zéphire souffle doucement ; et le doux ruisseau coule en vers plus doux (i)... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 pages
...sense. ' V165 Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently hlows, And the smooth stream in smoother numhers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore,...roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to tbrow, The line too lahours, and the words move slow: 171 Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...sweetness join . True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. Tis not enough no harshness gives offence;...seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when aephyr gently hlows, And the smooth stream in smoother numhers flows; But when lond surges lash the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 pages
...True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. MV; not enough no harshness gives offence, .The sound...smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when lond surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When AJaX... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...Waller's sweetness True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence...zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother number* flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 294 pages
...needless Alexandrine ends the song, That like a wounded snake drags its slow length along. And afterwards, 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound...gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers ff Bat when load surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar.... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...sweetness join True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence,...Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the mooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 526 pages
...down. In the succeeding lines, smooth and rough verses cor, respond to the objects which they describe. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the...smoother numbers flows. But when loud surges lash the soimding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. The SECOND class of objects,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 296 pages
...Alexandrine ends the song, Tliiit like a wounded snake drags its slow length along. And afterwards, 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound...seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Xephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; Bat when land surges lash the... | |
| |
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 should... 
