...turn'd survey'd A mournful vision ! the Sisyphian shade ; With many a weary step, and many a groan, 735 Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The...bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the The fruit he strives to seize; but blasts arise, Toss it on high, and whirl it to the skies. Again...

...Laborious and impetuous Motion. With many a weary step, and many a groan, tip the high hill he heave* a huge round stone : The huge round stone resulting...bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground. Regular and slow Movement. First march the heavy mules securely slow ; O'er hills', o'er dales,...

...the sound being an echo to the sense ? A. The following may all be considered examples of this:— The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground," With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh...

...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...

...Toss it on high, and whirl it to the skies. I turn'd my eye, and as I turn'd survey'd A nmurul'.il vision! the Sisyphian shade ; With many a weary step,...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."...

...prided himself upon the effect of his translation, though his last line is but a copy of Dryden's. " With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high...bound, Thunders impetuous down and smokes along the ground." How unmeasurably inferior to the original is every imitation here given ! The English translators...

...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...

...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. *...

...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...

...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...