...afterwards, 'Tis not enough no harshness gives ofience, The sound roust seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the...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...

...the strain when Zephyr gently blow?, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when lond surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough...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, Flics o'er...

...specific Difference between the ancient and modern Compositions, and consequently their Excellency. ""Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth Stream in smoother Number flow; But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore, The hoarse, rough Verse should like the...

..."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, / The...hoarse, rough Verse should like the torrent roar." The effusive speaker of Browning's youthful Pauline, his poetic confidence flagging, vows, "So, I will...

...learned from An Essay on Criticism, particularly from Pope's examples of subjects requiring sibilance ("Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, / And the smooth Stream in smoother numbers flows") and from his illustrations of the mimetic effectiveness of "long Vowels ("drags its slow length along";...

...Eccho to the Seuse. Soft is the strain when Zephyc gently blows. And the smooth Stream in smoosher Numbers flows; But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore, The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent toar. When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast Weight to thtow. The Line too labours,...

...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 blows, And the...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,...

...sense: 365 - ~ i - • i - ' r • r ' Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, -| ' ' r ' r ' r And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shoar, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. - T ' i ' i ' - r ' When Ajax strives,...

...harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense: Soft is the strain when Zephyr gendy blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows;...370 The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er uY unbending corn, and skims along the main....

...learned to dance. '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...hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know...