 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 str.
...seem an echo to the sense. 365 Soft is the strain, when Zephyr gently blows, And the otnooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash...strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line loo labours, and the words move slow; 371 Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th'... | |
 | 1808 - 674 str.
...stream in smoother number? flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough Terse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so when iwift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 str.
...wlio tells us, that When When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla...scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main ; when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise of Camilla's lightness... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 str.
...least in the concluding couplet : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash...The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar f . An attempt of the same kind of conformity of the sound to the sense, is perhaps but too discernible... | |
 | 1803 - 412 str.
...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...strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow j • Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th'... | |
 | 1803 - 290 str.
...strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud billows lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should...strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending... | |
 | 1803 - 406 str.
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 | Adrian Hardy Haworth - 1803 - 430 str.
...strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbersßaws ; Eut when loud billows lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should...strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move »low ; Not so 4uh¿n sitiift Camilla scours the p lain, Flits o'er the... | |
 | 1803 - 372 str.
...she smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; " But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, •f The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar....strives some rock's vast weight to throw, " The line too labours, and the words move slow , " Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, " Flies o'er th'... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 str.
...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...scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. The beautiful Distich upon Ajax in the foregoing lines, puts me in mind of a... | |
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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... 
