...on this very account been much admired in Homer by all the critics both ancient and modern. Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge...bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground2. 9 L' Allegro. i Perhaps the feet employed in ancient poetry are not in strict propriety applicable...

...his description of the labour of Sisyphus. With many a weary step and many a groan, Up the high hilt he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge round stone,...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...

...at what he styles " representative meter." He quotes " one of the most successful attempts " — " With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up a high...Thunders impetuous down and smokes along the ground." After admitting that he -sees the stone move slowly upward, and roll violently back, he says, " try...

...beholds Sisyphus : " With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge "ound stone ; The huge round stone resulting with a bound,...Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground. Again the restless orb his toil renews, Dust mounts in clouds and sweat descends in dews." In general,...

...Itrushed with the hiss of rustling wings.—ID. Her voice is but the fihndow of n sound.—YotJNO. Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone; The huge round stone returning with a bound These equal syllables alone require Thu' oft the car the open vowels tire, While...

...Brushed with the hire of rustling wingR.—ID. Her voice is but the shadow of a sound.—YOUNG. Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge round stone returning with a U'uml These equal syllables alone require Tbo' oft the ear the open vowels tire. While...

...labours will only result like those of Sisyphus : "With many a weary step and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone, The huge round...resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and sweeps along the ground. Again the restless orb his toil renews ; Dust mounts in clouds, and sweat...

...many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone. Then the descent: The huge round stone, resulting with a bound. Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground. Heaviness and stupidity are similarly indicated: Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains...

...never-ending contest with the force of gravity — With many a weary sigh and many a groan, Tip the high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge...Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground. By means of great expenditure of time and money, we may for a period wage with nature a war which may...

...the effect is aimed at by the English translators. 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 hound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground. Up to the middle of the third line, we...