 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 496 страници
...sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense : And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, The... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 358 страници
...plainly framed upon the sound it represents. Pope also tells us, in his Poetical Essay on Criticism, " '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 ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 страници
...with so much life and ease, You think 'tis nature, and a knack to please : But ease in writing flows from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. If such the plague and pains to write by rule, Better, say I, be pleased, and play the fool : 181 Call,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 страници
...And praise the easy vigour of a line, 360 Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. True hate'er was great, Lies crown'd with princes' honours, poets' lays, Due to Icarn'd to dance. * I 'in not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 320 страници
...with so much life and ease, You think 'tis nature, and a knack to please ; ' But ease in writing flows from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance,' If auch the plague and pains to write hy rule, Better, say I, he pleased, and play the fool; Call,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 страници
...Alexandrine ends the song. Tnat like a wounded snake drags its slow length alón;. And afterwards, 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when /.ephyr gently blows. And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows: But... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 страници
...; And praise the easy vigour of a line, Where Denham's strength, and Waller's sweetness join. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1839 - 844 страници
...by Pope : 1. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance; A* those move easiest who have learnt 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 hlowi, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 страници
...with so much life and ease, You think 'tis nature, and a knack to please : " But ease in writing flows from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance." If such the plague and pains to write by rule, Better (say I) be pleased, and play the fool ; Call,... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 376 страници
...of supposing that easy writing must be easy reading. It is quite the contrary. As Pope says, " True ease in writing comes from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learned to dance*." " The best performances," says Melmoth, " have generally cost the most labour ;... | |
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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... 
