...lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrejit roar. Slow motion imitated. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow. Swift and easy motion. Not so when swift Camilla sco'urs the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn,...

...Id. VVhilome I've seen her skim the clouted cream, And press from spongy curds the milky stream. Gay. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain. Flies o'er the' unbending corn, and ikims along the main....

...lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Slow motion imitated. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow., Swift and easy motion. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, 1-Mies o'er th" unbending corn,...

...with learned spleen devoured, Can taste no pleasure since his shietd was scoured Pope. When \ |.i\ strives some rock's vast weight to throw. The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scaurs the plain. Flies o'er the' unbending corn, and skims along the main....

...sense of ease in pronunciation). All are exemplified in Pope's famous exercise 'An Essay on Criticism': When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw. The line too lahours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th'unbendmg...

...or the genius of the writer. A single instance may suffice to let this idea in the clearest light: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow.23 So will they in the expression of a deep and heavy affliction: And in this harsh world draw...

...(1711), Pope evoked Camilla as an image defining grace and fleetness of movement in verse: When Ajtu strives, some Rock's vast Weight to throw. The Line too labours, and the Words move slaw; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain, Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the...

...proclaims a principle, 'The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense' (line 365), then illustrates it: When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast Weight to throw, The line too labours, and the Words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain, Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main....

...alexandrine. Like all the lines in this passage, it directs its energies toward a particular bit of narrative: When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast weight to throw, The Line too labours, and the Words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain, Flies oe'r th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main....

...260. Camilla. Pope, illustrating the rule that " the sound should be an echo to the sense," says : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line, too, labors and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending...