...Denham characterises it in that celebrated passage : O could I flow like thee, aad make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme : Though deep,...dull; Strong, without rage; without o'erflowing, full. Cooper's Hill. Pope, in his luxuriant vein of poetry, describes this majestic stream by the following...

...exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull ; Strong, without rage ; without o'erflowing, full. Heav'n her Eridanus no more shall boast, Whose fame in thine, like lesser currents, lost. APPENDIX....

...exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull ; Strong, -without rage ; without o'erflowing, full. Heav'n her Eridanus no more shall boast, Whose fame in thine, like lesser currents, lost. • APPENDIX....

...strange, While his fair bosom is the world's exchange. O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Though deep, yet clear j though gentte, yet not dull} Strong without rage, without o'crflowing fan. Although it is the current...

...century past has imitated, are generally known : " O could 1 flow like thee, and make thy stream " My great example, as it is my theme! " Though deep,...rage, without o'erflowing full." The lines are in themselves not perfect; for most of the words, thus artfully opposed, are to be understood simply on...

...This river is thus beautifully and characteristically described by Sir John Denham : " Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage; without o'erflowing, full!" The river Lea forms the eastern border of the county. The Brent, the Coin, and the small river Corn, are...

...without strength ; o'crflowing, though not full. * Parody on these lines of Sir John Denham : Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. ELEGANT EXTRACTS, Now quite a Frenchman in his garb and air, His neck yok'd clown with bag and solitaire,...

...verses into similar cadences, that are at once grammatical, metrical, and sententious. Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full. Denham. RULES OF VERSIFICATION. 1 . Verses may be long or short within moderate limits, the shortest...

...following lines in Cooper's Hill are inimitable : — O! could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Though deep yet clear, tho' gentle yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full ! " Cooper's Hill (says Dr....

...Imitation of the celebrated lines in Denham : " O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My bright example as it is my theme ! Though deep yet clear, though gentle never dull, Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full." A Spanish writer commends Manzanares, the...