 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...wrong: In the bright Muse though thousand charms conHer voice is all these tuneful fools admire; [spire, 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... | |
 | 1853 - 640 pages
...disarmed the just indignation of the public ; for, as Pope has it, " Most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong :...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 - 1822 - 428 pages
...ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, «!™M5WW»-x-««»~i»»^— •»«• r ' Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 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....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... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...it's image in his breast. POPE. CHAP. XVII. ON VERSIFICATION. MANY by Numbers judge a Poet's song; And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong...conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Wh» haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, Not... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...In the bright Muse though thousand charms conHer voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; [spire, ers, Twice twenty days shall clouds their fleeces...drain, And wash the pavements with incessant rain. Though oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives their feeble aid do join. And ten low words... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 pages
...rubricam dirigat uno." Pers. Sat. i. P. Having described the causes of false judgment in Critics who judge Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, -\ Not...repair, > Not for the doctrine, but the music there. J These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire ; 345 While expletives... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pages
...Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, y. Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, V Not for the doctrine, but the music there. ) These...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, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 pages
...Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, -\ Not mend their minds; as some to church repair, JNot for the doctrine, but the music there. ) These equal...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 - 1825 - 536 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...music there. These, equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire ; With expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words... | |
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But most by numbers judge a poet's song; And smooth or rough, with them is right or wrong: In the bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire... 
