 | Matthew Campbell - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 292 pages
...a smoothing over of 'harshness' by art: 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence. The sound must seem an echo to the sense: Soft is the strain when...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... | |
 | Mario Klarer - Literary Collections - 1999 - 180 pages
...move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harslmess gives offense. The sound must seem an echo to the sense: Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently hlows, and the smooth stream in smoother numhers flows; But when loud surges slash the sounding shore,... | |
 | Ruth Katz, Ruth HaCohen - Philosophy - 2003 - 462 pages
...specific Difference hetween the ancient and modern Compositions, and consequently their Excellency, s. "Soft is the Strain when zephyr gently Blows, And the smooth Stream in smoother numhers Flows; But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore, The hoarse, rough Verse should like the... | |
 | Ernest Pertwee - Self-Help - 2006 - 281 pages
...appearance together.' Note the melody and strength in these four lines from Pope's Essay on Criticism : ' 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' The following excerpt, full of imagination, is... | |
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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... 
