Ajax Quote by Alexander Pope

Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows.

— Alexander Pope

“True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives…

— Alexander Pope

And soften'd sounds along the waters die: Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play.

— Alexander Pope

[On Dutch flat poetry]: It is too smooth and blubbery; it reads like butter-milk gurgling from a jug.

— Mark Twain

It is a little stream, which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course.

— Sophie Swetchine

Rough wind, the moanest loud Grief too sad for song; Wild wind, when sullen cloud Knells all the night long; Sad storm, whose tears…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

It thunders, howls, roars, hisses, whistles, blusters, hums, growls, rumbles, squeaks, groans, sings, crackles, cracks, rattles, flickers, clicks, snarls, tumbles, whimpers, whines, rustles, murmurs,…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Softly the loud peal dies, In passing winds it drowns, But breathes, like perfect joys, Tender tones.

— Frederick Tennyson

Loud is the summer's busy song The smallest breeze can find a tongue, While insects of each tiny size Grow teasing with their melodies,…

— John Clare

Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath.

— Alexander Pope

“Gulls churr; ducks cluck. Bulls plus bucks run thru buckrush; thus dun burrs clutch fur tufts. Ursus cubs plus Lupus pups hunt skunks. Curs…

— Christian Bök

How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at interval upon the ear In cadence sweet; now dying all away, Now pealing loud…

— William Cowper