 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 286 pages
...ii.'Uii d. SECTION V. . VERSES IN WHICH SOUND CORHKSJ-ONDS TO S1GNIFICATI6.V. Smiintli and rough verse. Soft is the strain when zephyr ge,ntly blows, And...smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse, should like the torrent roar. Slow motion... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harslmess gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...morn are nam'd*. SECTION V. VERSES IS WHICH SOUND CORRESPONDS TO SIGMrKTATION. Smooth and rough verse. SOFT is the strain' when zephyr gently blows', And...smooth stream in smoother numbers flows*. But when loud surges lash the sounding shore', The hoarse', rough verse', should like the torrent mar*. Slow... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English literature - 1827 - 286 pages
...nam'd. SECTION V.< VERSES IN WHICH SOUND CORRESPONDS TO SIGNIFICATION. Smooth and rough verse. SQPT 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 torrejit roar. Slow motion... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1829 - 718 pages
...down. In the succeeding lines, smooth and rough verses correspond to the objects which they describe. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. BuI lvhen loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse, should like the torrent roar.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis . J. Woodward flow»; But when loud surges lash ihc sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent... | |
 | 1830 - 470 pages
...given to the music. • Tis not enough)) no harshness gives offence, The suuud must aeem|| an eoho to the sense, Soft is the strain|| when Zephyr gently...blows, And the smooth stream|| in smoother numbers flow?; But when loud «irge8|| lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rougli v " - !! should like the... | |
 | Pindarus - 1830 - 354 pages
...passage in his Art of Poetry intended to • represent the whispering breeze and the flowing stream. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. On this passage Dr. Johnson, in all the pride of acute, but rather ill-natured criticism, remarks,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness give offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense...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... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...feeble, according to the nature and design of the word, phrase, or passage delivered. EXAMPLES. Soft— Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows. Loud — But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent... | |
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The sound must seem an echo to the sense. 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... 
