 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 400 pages
...tardy and stately measure; and the word unbending, IMITATIONS. Ver. 30C. Soft is the strain, &;c.] one But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The...so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main, Hear how Timotheus' vary'd lays surprize, And bid alternate... | |
 | Carl Dahlhaus, Ruth Katz - 454 pages
...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...Corn, and skims along the Main. Hear how Timotheus vary'd Lays surprise, And bid alternate Passions fall and rise! While, at each Change, the Son of Libyan... | |
 | H. B. Nisbet, Claude Rawson - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 978 pages
...proclaims a principle, 'The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense' (line 365), then illustrates it: When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast Weight to throw,...so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain, Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main. (II. 370-3) The Essay on Criticism is not, like most of... | |
 | John Hollander - Poetry - 1990 - 280 pages
...alexandrine. Like all the lines in this passage, it directs its energies toward a particular bit of narrative: When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast weight to throw,...so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain, Flies oe'r th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main. Swift Camilla's fast six feet are uncontaminated by any... | |
 | Homer - History - 1992 - 268 pages
...19.21o-11 t uev ... | 6<f>6aA".ot 8' . . . ). 11? Cf. Pope. A'vsfly 0n <nti<tsrn (1711): When A|ax strives some rock's vast weight to throw. The line...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er uY unix-nding corn, and skims along the main. Another device of emphasis may be seen in lines which... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - Fiction - 1993 - 390 pages
...of Pope, in which, illustrating the rule that 'the sound should be an echo to the sense', he says: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn or skims along the main. Essay on Criticism CHAPTER 34 Pythagoras, Egyptian Deities,... | |
 | D. M. R. Bentley - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 376 pages
...asserts Pope before providing several illustrative examples: Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth Stream in smoother Numbers flows; But...Surges lash the sounding Shore, The hoarse, rough Vfcrsishou'd like the Torrent TOUT. When Ajax strives, some Rocks' vast Weight to throw, The Line too... | |
 | David Baker - Poetry - 1996 - 404 pages
...Faber & Faber Ltd. Copyright 1953 by Theodore Roethke. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But...should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rock 's vast weight to throw, The line too labors, and the words move slow: Not so when swift Camilla... | |
 | Kevin J. H. Dettmar - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 300 pages
...gives Offence, The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense. Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother Numbers flows; But...Surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar. When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast weight to throw, The Line too labours,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...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; But...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... | |
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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... 
