 | British poets - 1822 - 276 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,...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the' unbending corn, and skims along the Hear how Timotheus' varied lays surprise, [main. And bid alternate... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 308 pages
...harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet, who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rook's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the...so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the' unbending corn, and skims along the main ; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 412 pages
...numbers can fix the principles of representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet, who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rock's vast...thirty years the praise of Camilla's lightness of foot, tried another experiment upon sound and time, and produced this memorable triplet; Waller was smooth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 404 pages
...numbers can fix the principles of representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet, who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rock's vast...thirty years the praise of Camilla's lightness of foot, tried another experiment upon sound and time, and produced this memorable triplet; Waller was smooth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 458 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,...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 514 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,...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... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 278 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....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... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 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,...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... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 638 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,...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... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 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,...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 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... 
