...torrent roar. much maturity of judgement, extent of reading, and. "When Ajax strives some rock's \rast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words...slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flees o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Hear how Timotheus' • various lays surprise,...

...dance. '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...stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges la?h the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some...

...dance. 'Tis. not enough no harshness give offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth...so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the e. 4 42.— On Man. LET us (since life can little more su:...

...the succeeding lines, smooth and rough verses correspond to the objects whicli they describe. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth...hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. The SECOND class of objects, which the sound of words is often employed to imitate, is Motion: as it...

...harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo 10 the sense : Soft is the strain when Zt phyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers...should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rocks vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla...

...principles of representative harmony, it will be sufficient to remark that the poet who tells us, that When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,...so when swift Camilla scours the plain Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main— when he had enjoyed for about thirty years the praise...

...sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers Sows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The...should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rocks vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla...

...strain, when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows i But when loud billows lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should...Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. From these lines, laboured with great attention, and celebrated by a rival wit, may be judged...

...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...slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flics o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. jFrom these lines, laboured with great attention,...

...beauties that arise from style and expression. — The style should always accord with the subject. " Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth...hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar." But this accordance, this "echo of the sound to the sense," cannot be attained in many languages. Some...