...ground; As one unskilled or dumb, he seem'd to stand, Nor raised his head, nor stretch'd his sceptred hand; But, when he speaks, what elocution flows! Soft...easy art; Melting they fall, and sink into the heart! " POFE, Iliad, Book III. But the eloquence of Ulysses was of no avail. King Priam, blinded by his love...

...J91 As one unskill'd or dumb, he eeem'd to stand, 281 Nor rais'd his head, nor etretch'd his sceptred hand; But when he speaks, what elocution flows! Soft...fall, and sink into the heart! Wond'ring we hear, and, fiz'd in deep surprise, Our ears refute the censure of our eyes.' The King then ask'd (as yet the camp...

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...ground ; As one unskill'd or dumb, he seemed to stand, Nor rais'd his head, nor stretch'd his sceptred hand ; But, when he speaks, what elocution flows ;...art ; Melting they fall, and sink into the heart. greater sweetness can certainly be imagined ; but desiring to give a notion of the highest power of...

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...280 ' As one unskill'd or dumb, he seem'd to stand, ' Nor rais'd his head, nor stretch'd his sceptred hand ; ' But when he speaks, what elocution flows...descending snows, ' The copious accents fall, with easy art ; 285 ' Melting they fall, and sink into the heart ! ' Wondering we hear, and, fix'd in deep surprise,...

...Nor rais'd his head, nor stretch'd his sceptred hand ; But, when he speaks, what elocution flowe ; Soft as the fleeces of descending snows, The copious...art ; Melting they fall, and sink into the heart. greater sweetness can certainly be imagined ; but desiring to give a notion of the highest power of...

...fertilising when it came (Dt 322, Is 55lof')- Compare what is said of Ulysses' oratory (//. iii. 221 f.) : ' But, when he speaks, what elocution flows ! Soft as...art ; Melting they fall, and sink into the heart.' 24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not. The idea would be that his condescension seemed incredible...

...vnfrdBeffO'iv eoixora ^ei/jLeptfjaiv, etc. (II. iii. 22l). This is paraphrased by Pope as follows : But, when he speaks, what elocution flows ! Soft as...art ; Melting they fall, and sink into the heart. I do not know whether any modern editor has explained this passage ; Dr. Leaf, I observe, passes it...

...in persuasion skill 'd Words sweet as Honey, from his Lips distill'd." POPE'S Horn., Book i, 1. 331. "But when he speaks, what Elocution flows! Soft as...fall, and sink into the Heart! Wondring we hear, and fixed in deep Surprise, Our Ears refute the Censure of our Eyes." POPE'S Horn., Book 3, 1. 283. In...