 | Yasmine Gooneratne - 1976 - Počet stránok 164
...smoother Numbers flows; But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore, The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar. When Ajax strives, some Rock's...slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain, Flies o'er th 'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main. These lines deserve the closest attention... | |
 | James Chapman - Počet stránok 378
...on the tyrant's breast, And make Oppression groan oppress'd.. Soft is the strain when zephyr geutly blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows...hoarse, rough verse, should like the torrent roar. 4. Examples of the Quaver P . From the knaves, and the fools, and the fops of the time, From the drudges... | |
 | Carl Dahlhaus, Ruth Katz - Počet stránok 454
...Excellency. ""Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth Stream in smoother Number flow; But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore, The...slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain, Flies o'er the unbending Corn, and skims along the Main. Hear how Timotheus vary'd Lays surprise, And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1998 - Počet stránok 260
...harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense: Soft is the strain when Zephyr gendy blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows;...When Ajax strives, some rock's vast weight to throw, 370 The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies... | |
 | Matthew Campbell - 1999 - Počet stránok 292
...that Pope gives of a versification which is more than just a smoothing over of 'harshness' by art: 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence. The sound...throw, The line too labours and the words move slow: (Essay on Criiicism, 364-71)' In a polemic designed to rescue metrical matters from technical prescription,... | |
 | Ruth Katz, Ruth HaCohen - 2003 - Počet stránok 462
...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,...strives some Rock's vast Weight to throw, The Line too lahours, and the Words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain, Flies o'er the unhending... | |
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Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, 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... 
