 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.  Literary Leaves - Page 99by David Lester Richardson - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...has been to describe the labour of Sisyphus : With many a weary *ep, and many a groan, Up a high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge round stone, resulting with abound, Thunders impetuous down, and smoaks along the ground. Who does not perceive the stone to move... | |
 | George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 404 pages
...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 round stone...resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smoaks along the ground £. In Greek thus, wd)i$. OD. In Latin verse, Vida, in his Art of Poetry, hath... | |
 | 1803 - 412 pages
...moqrnful vision ! the 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,...with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes alongthe ground.' • •— . ' -V --. : ..... POPE. It would be endless to quote verses out of Virgil... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves ah*ge round stone : The huge round stoue, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground. " POPE. It would be endless to quote verses out of Virgil which have this particular kind of beauty... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...been to describe the labour o/ Sisyphus : With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up a high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge round stone, resulting with abound, Thunders impetuous down, and smoaks along the ground. Who does not perceive the stone to move... | |
 | Homer - Greek poetry - 1806 - 236 pages
...mqurnful 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 huge round stone,...Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground. Again the restless orb his toil renews, Dust mounts in clouds, and sweat descends in dews. Now I the... | |
 | Homerus - 1807 - 488 pages
...mournful vision! the Sisyphiau shade; "With many a weary step, and many a groan, 735 Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, ami smokes along the ground. Again the restless orb his toil renews, Dust mounts in clonds, and sweat... | |
 | Homerus - 1807 - 408 pages
...mournful vision ! the Sisyphian shade; With many a weary step, and many a groan, 735 Up a high hill he heaves a huge round stone ; The huge round stone,...resulting with a bound,-? Thunders impetuous down, andsmokesalpngtheground. Again the restless orb his toil renews, Dust mounts in clouds, and sweat descends... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 296 pages
...mournful vision ! the 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,...Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground. POPE. It would be endless to quote verses out of Virgil which have this particular kind of beauty in... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 526 pages
...exemplify laborious and impetuous motion. • With many a weary step, and many a groan, Vp the high hill he heaves a huge round stone The huge round stone...Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground. The next verse is expressive of regular and slow movement. First march the heavy mules securely slow... | |
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