 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...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 57by Alexander Pope - 1904 - 505 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Stephen Adams - Poetry - 1997 - 260 pages
...lash the sounding shoar, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. - T ' i ' i ' - r ' When Ajax strives, some rock's vast weight to throw,...slow; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, ' - i • ' r ' r ' i" i - ' Flies o'er th'unbending corn, and skims along the main ... Sceptics who... | |
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