| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...Numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong : In the bright Muse tho' thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful...alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire, 345 While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line; While... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...bright Muse tho' thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; 340 Who haunts Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their...alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire, 345 While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words oft' creep in one dull line : While... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...bright muse though thousand charms coospire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire; Who hannt Parnassus but to please their ear, 'Not mend their...music there. These, equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words... | |
| Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by nnmbers judge a poet's song, , And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong: In...conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear ; ") Not mend their minds, as some to church repair /Not... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong: In...conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear ; 1 Not mend their minds, as some to church repair^ Not... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...bright Muse though thousandcharms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire; Who hannt Parnassus but to please their ear; Not mend their...music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire. While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...numbers judge a poet's song; and smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong: in the bright muse tho' thousand charms conspire her voice is all these tuneful...alone require, tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire; 345 while expletives their feeble aid do join, and ten low words oft creep in one dull line: while... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...numbers judge a poet's song; and smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong: in the bright muse tho' thousand charms conspire her voice is all these tuneful...music there. These, equal syllables alone require, thp' oft the ear the open vowels tire; 345 /hile expletives their feeble aid do join, nd ten low words... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...numbers judge a poet's song; and smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong: in the bright muse tho" thousand charms conspire her voice is all these tuneful...for the doctrine, but the music there. These, equal sjHables alone require, (ho' oft the ear the oipetv NomV. Mvtt-, 345 expletives their feeble aid do... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...: In the bright Muse though thousand charms cunspire, Her roice is all these tuneful fools admire; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend...music there. These, equal syllables alone (require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words... | |
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