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... The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ... - Страница 55 по Alexander Pope - 1808 - 651 страници Пълен достъп -
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