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" 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... "
Rhetorics of Order/ordering Rhetorics in English Neoclassical Literature - Página 94
editado por - 1989 - 200 páginas
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volumen1

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 páginas
...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 corn, and skims along the main. Hear how Timotheus' vary'd lays surprise, And bid alternate passions fall and rise ! 375 While at each...
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The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index. The Eight Volumes Comprised ...

1822 - 788 páginas
...hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Wh=n Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, Ite by Hickman and Hazzard. William Brown, printer. rnei o'er ill' unbending com, and skims along the main.' The beautiful distich upon Ajax in the foregoing...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volúmenes17-18

British essayists - 1823 - 820 páginas
...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,...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...
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Continuation of the Rambler

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 514 páginas
...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,...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...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 278 páginas
...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....o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. The beautiful distich upon Ajax in the foregoing lines puts me in mind of a description in Homer's...
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The Bardiad: A Poem ; in Two Cantos

Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 páginas
...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,...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main." In this specimen, however, (which is probably the best in the English language,) the imitation is imperfect,...
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The Rambler: In Three Volumes ...

Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 458 páginas
...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,...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...
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The British Essayists: Rambler

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 638 páginas
...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,...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. From these lines, laboured witli great attention, and celebrated by a rival wit, may be judged what...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 páginas
...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,...Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the nuim . Hear how Timotheus' varied lays surprise, And bid alternate passions fall and rise ! While,...
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The English Master: Or, Student's Guide to Reasoning and Composition ...

William Banks - 1823 - 462 páginas
...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,...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn and skims along the main." " Of Inversion. SOME languages in regard to the arrangement...
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