 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...  New History of English Literature - Stran 202avtor: Thomas Budd Shaw - 1878 - 404 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 strani
...join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance; As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. 365 Soft is the strain, when Zephyr gently blows, And the otnooth stream in smoother numbers flows;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 strani
...Avoid extremes; and shun the fault of such, Who still are pleased too little or too much, At ev'ry trifle scorn to take offence; That always shows great pride, or little sense; 1 Sir JOHN DENHAM wrote " Cooper's Hill," ,1 descriptive poem, In 1643. He was born 1615, died 166H.... | |
 | 1803 - 412 strani
...song, That like a wounded snake drags its slow length along.' And afterwards, • •• •-• < ' '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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 strani
...join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. 365 Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ;... | |
 | 1806 - 408 strani
...join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to 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 smooth stream in smoother numbers flows : But... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 strani
...Dryden now. Aroid extremes, and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much. At every trifle scorn to take offence ; That always shows great pride or little reuse : Those heads, as stomachs, are not sure the hest Which nauseate all, and nothing can digest.... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 strani
...sweetuess True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is Ihe strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808 - 708 strani
...light : To all proportion'd terms he must dis-- pense, And make the sound a picture of the sense. PITT. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. POPE. Tune longe sale saxa sonant, tune et fréta ventis Incipiunt agitata tumescere : littore fluctus... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 strani
...join True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. As those move easiest who have learn'd to 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 mooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 strani
...sweetness True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to 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 smooth stream in smoother number* flows; But when... | |
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