 | 1803 - 372 strani
...much admired in an ancient poet. The reader may observe the following lines in the same view. •-- A needless Alexandrine ends the song, " That like a wounded snake drags its slow length along. " And afterwards, " 'Tis not enough no harshness givts offence, " The sound muse seem an echo to the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 strani
...sleep :" Then, at the last and only couplet, fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That like a wounded snake drags its slow length along, And praise the easy vigour of a line 360 Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. True... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 strani
...very much admired in an ancient poet. The reader may observe the following lines in the same view. A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That like a wounded snake drags its slow length along. And afterwards, Tis not enough no harshness gives offenc?, The sound must seem an echo to the sense.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 strani
...the LSI and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless AlixanJrim ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. P^c's Essay on Criticism. i A 'R.MICK, adj. [from »bift'i» and ia'j.uen».] That drives away poison... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 strani
...sourit et applanit ses vagues, et le ciel lui-même s'embellit d'une lumière plus sereine et plus pure. A needless alexandrine ends the song That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.* Pori, on auicmn. Swift , dans ses facéties poétiques, s'est amusé a faire des vers de vingt, trente... | |
 | 1806 - 408 strani
...sleep :" Then, at the last and only couplet, fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Leave such to tune their own dull rhymes, and know What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow ; And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 strani
...sleep :" Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, 156 A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That like a wounded snake drags its slow length alone, Leave such to tune their own dull rhymes, and know What's roundly smooth, or languishmgly slow,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 strani
..."sleep :" Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along Leave such \o tune their own dull rhimes, and know What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow ; And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 strani
...sleep ;' Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Leave soch to tune their ewn dull rhymes, and know What's roundly smooth, or languisbingly slow, And... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 526 strani
...dales, o'er crags, o'er rocks, they go. In the following lines, slow and difficult motion is imitated. A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. The succeeding lines imitate violent and irregular motion, that of a rock torn from the brow of a mountain.... | |
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whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep,' The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with 
