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...the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when lond surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough...slow: Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, ^lics o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the ^ main. Hear how Timothens' varicd lays surprise,...

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...to the sense. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother number* flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore,...rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and (lie words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the' unbending corn,...

...must seem an echo to the sense ; Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the mooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash...The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar r When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw. The line too labours, and the words move slow...

...The line"too labours, and the words move slow; When Aj.IX strives some rock's vast weight to throw, Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. From these lines, laboured with great attention, and celebrated by a rival wit, may be judged what...

...blows. And tin1 smooth stream in smoother numhers flows : But when loud surges lash the sounding shnrc, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to tli row, Tin; line too labour«, and the words moveslow. Not so, u hen swift Camilla scours the plain,...

...weight his huge arm strive to shove, The verse too labours, the throng*d words scarce move. PITT. \Vben Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow. POPE. It appears highly probable, that in these, and in some other examples which might be selected,...

...While the hoarse ocean beats the sounding shore, Dash'd from the strand, the flying waters roar. PITT. But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. POPE. Turn, si l.-ïta canunt, hilari quoque carmina vullu Inccdunt, latumque sonant haud segnia verba....

...t<jo labours, and the words movp slow. In the next example, the verse resembles swift and easy motion. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and ikiius along the mainThe following verses exemplify laborious and impetuous motion. • With many a...