...Sisyphian shade : With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaven a huge round Btone : The huge round stone, resulting with a bound. Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground. Pope. It would be endless to quote verses put of Virgil which have this particular kind of beauty in...

...Sisyphian shade ; With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge round stone resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground, A^ain the restless orb his toil renews, Dust mounts in clouds, while he the toil pursues." For if,...

...impetuous motion. With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone : The huge round stone resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the grourv Regular and s/ozw movement. First march the heavy mules securely slow ; O'er hills, o'er dales,...

...a weary step, and many a eroan, Up a high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge round clone ich he used to relieve by inhaling the steam of coffee, which he very frequen Who does not perceive the stone to move slowly upward, and roll violently back ? But set the same numbers...

...motion downwards.* 230. Pope employs again the Alexandrine to describe the motion downward. Example. " The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground." 231. Easy or smooth motion may be painted by a succession of soft and harmonious sounds. * The lines...

...Sisyphus : With many a weary stop, and many a groan, Up a high hill he heaves a huge round Bfone ; The huge round stone resulting with a bound. Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground. Who docs not perceive the stone to move slowly upward, and roll violently back ? But set the same numbers...

...the stone up it; and, therefore, the latter part of his punishment would have been impossible, — "The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground." So steep is the ascent that common sand or gravel would not lie at so great an inclination to the horizon,...

...rolled the stone up it; and, therefore, the latter part of his punishment would have been impossible,— "The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground." So steep is the ascent that common sand or gravel would not lie at so great an inclination to the horizon,...

...shade. With many a weary step, and many a groan, Гр the high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; behold, A towering spectre of gigantic mould, A shadowy form ! for high in heaven's abodes Himself...

...Sisyphus. With many a weary step and many a groan, Up the high hilt he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down and smokes along the ground. To every reader, who has gentility enough to aspirate the h's, the second line is quite a task. He...