Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine : Though still some traces of our rustic vein And splay-foot verse remain'd, and will remain. Latin Classics ... - Page 205by William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1900Full view - About this book
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...be said of his versification will be little more than a dilatation of the praise given it by Pope:'5 Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join ^ The varying verse, the full resounding line, > The long majestick march, and energy divine.16 J Pope honors Dryden, first,... | |
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