 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...  The Review of Reviews - Page 472edited by - 1895Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Browne (LL.D.) - 1810 - 514 pages
...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 so, when swift CAMILLA scours the plain, " Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...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; 371 not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, flies o'er th' unbending... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...principles of representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet, who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 pages
...principles of representative har^ mony, it wilt be sufficient to remark that the poet, who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...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 the .words' move slow. ,,* * Sensual pleasure. . v . Swift and Easy Motion. Not so when... | |
 | 1810 - 462 pages
...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 ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...when loud surges lash the sounding shore, 368 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 : VAKUTIONI. Ver. 320. Ed. 1. A vile conceit in pompous style express'd.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 pages
...principles of representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, when he had enjoyed... | |
 | Charles Peirce - 1811 - 266 pages
...lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Slaw motion, imitated.. When Ajax. strives some rock's vast weight to throw), ,The line too labors, and the words move slow.. Swift and easy motion^ Not so when swift Camilia scouts the plain,, lilct o'er th' unbending corn,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough terse should like the torrent row. When Ajax strives, some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending... | |
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