 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 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...mend their minds ; as some to church repair, Not for thedoctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...tell thee what is truth. 4. HAKMONY OF EXPRESSION. — Pope. 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 Parnassus1' but to please their ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, Not... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...wt, sins against the Eternal Cause. POPB. ON VERSIFICATION. BUT most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong...though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tnneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, 1 5 Not mend their minds; as some... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...doublets drest. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old : Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, Nor yet the...repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. J These equal syllables alone require, Tho* oft the ear the open vowels tirea ; While expletives their... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...In the bright muse, though thousand charms conspire, Her voice 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 544 pages
...the bright muse, though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; »« Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend...repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there.* 1 Abolita et abrogata rctincre, inso- obeyed no new word could be introlentise cnjusdam est, et frivol*... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...Fungoso : ' see Ben Jonson's ' Every Man in his Humour.' But most by numbers judge a poet's song ; SZT 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 Reid - 1872 - 200 pages
...immortal glory give To her own virtues, must for ever live. 7. 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 the ear, Not mend their minds; as some to church repair, Not for... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers judge n poet's song ; blessing, but, in all of good Found there, it sees...in the soul of men, And traces, in the simplest he : How haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, Not... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1873 - 590 pages
...new, or old : Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. •I But most by Numbers judge a Poet's song1 ; 'And smooth...repair, > Not for the doctrine, but the music there. J These equal syllables alone require, Tho" oft the ear the open vowels tire2 ; While expletives their... | |
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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... 
