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... The New Pocket Cyclopædia: Or, Elements of Useful Knowledge, Methodically ... - Page 40 by John Millard - 1813 - 645 pages Full view -
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