 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 810 pages
...furrows rife, A dreadful fcene ! and skim before his eyes. Addifan. When Ajax drives fomc rock's vad weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow ; Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 704 pages
...sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the lorrent roar. When Ajar strives, some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.... | |
 | Anselm Bayly - Music and literature - 1789 - 402 pages
...hindrance and difficulty of execution. Immediate arc the works of God, more fwift Than time or motion When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow. The Rambler, vol. II. No. 92, 34, who fmiles, not without reafon, at the imaginary flight of Camilla... | |
 | Joseph Warton - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 508 pages
...furges lafh the founding fliore, The hoarfe rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar; When Ajax drives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow; Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, flies o'er th' unbending corn, and flcims along the main... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1806 - 784 pages
...ftnpes o'er the furrows rife, A dreadful fcene ! and ßim before his tye«. Addifon. When Ajax ftrivcs fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the \vordo move flow; Not fo when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and ßims... | |
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The hoarfe, rough verfe fhould like the torrent roar : When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vaft weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move flow ; Not fo, when fwift Camilla fcours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and fkirns along the... 
