...expected rhymes: Where'er you find the "cooling western breeze," 350 In the next line, it "whispers thro' the trees :" If crystal streams " with pleasing murmurs...a thought," A needless Alexandrine ends the song, 356 That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Leave such to tune their own dull rhymes,...

...another work, has, I think, with better success, made choice of this very measure, to exhibit slowness ; A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along f . It deserves our notice, that in this couplet he seems to give it as his opinion of the Alexandrine,...

...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...

...thro' the trees :" 351 If chrystal streams " with pleasing murmurs creep," The reader's threat'ned (not in vain) with " sleep :" Then, at the last and...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...

...crystal streams a with pleasing murmurs creep, » The reader's threaten'd (not in vain, with asleep: » Then at the last and only couplet fraught With some...Alexandrine ends the song That, like a wounded snake, draws its slow length along. Leave such-te tune their own dull rhimes, and know What's roundly smooth...

...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....

...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...

...critique de ceux qui en abusent , et la preuve de l'effet admirable qu'il produit sous une main habile : Then at the last and only couplet fraught "With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, ** * Pour toi la terre se pare de fleurs odorantes , pour toi l'océan sourit et applanit ses vagues...

...chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes ; Where'er you find " the cooling western hreeae/* In the next line, it " whispers through the trees...call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, Thatjikea wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Leave such to tune their own dull rhymes, and...

...whispers tbrough the trees:" If cbrystal streams " with pleasing murmurs creep," The reader's tbreatened (not in vain) with " sleep :" Then, at the last and...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...