 | John Pierpont - Rare books - 1835 - 484 pages
...True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 484 pages
...chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives oflence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is...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... | |
 | D. M. R. Bentley - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 376 pages
...learned from An Essay on Criticism, particularly from Pope's examples of subjects requiring sibilance ("Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, / And the smooth Stream in smoother numbers flows") and from his illustrations of the mimetic effectiveness of "long Vowels ("drags its slow length along";... | |
 | Kevin J. H. Dettmar - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 300 pages
...expressive form in poetry: 'Tis not enough no Harshness gives Offence, The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense. Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently...smooth stream in smoother Numbers flows; But when loud Surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar. When Ajax... | |
 | Mary Oliver - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 212 pages
...True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must...smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. It was many... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must...echo to the sense: Soft is the strain when Zephyr gendy blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding... | |
 | Dietrich Jäger - American fiction - 1998 - 340 pages
...Klanglichen): Tis not enough no Harshness give Offence, The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense, 365 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 shou'd like the Torrent roar. When Ajax... | |
 | Matthew Campbell - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 292 pages
...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 must...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... | |
 | Mario Klarer - Education - 1999 - 180 pages
...chance, As those 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,... | |
 | 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...smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar' The following... | |
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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... 
