 | 1737 - 314 pages
...infipid Smoothnefs which fome Readers are fo much in Love with, he has the following Verfes. Thefe Equal Syllables alone require, Tho* oft the Ear the open Vowels tire, While Expletives their feeble Aid do join, And ten lo.w Words oft creep inone dull Line\ TH E gaping... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - Poets, English - 1745 - 392 pages
...Ear, Not mend their Minds : Asfome to Church repair, Not for the Doctrine, but the Mufick there. Thefe equal Syllables alone require, - , Tho' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire ; • --• While Expletives their feeble Aid do join ; • '-- Andierr low Words oft creep in one... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...In the bright Muse tho' thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; 340 Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend...repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire, 345 While expletives their... | |
 | Adrian Hardy Haworth - Lepidoptera - 1803 - 430 pages
...them exactly necessary to elucidate this subject, I cannot refrain from transcribing in this place. These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire, While expletives \hf\T fetbie aid do join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. Soft is the... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...the insipid smoothness which some readers are so much in love with, he has the following verses. " These equal syllables alone require, • • Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire, " While expletives their feeble aid tin join, " And ten low words oft creep in one dull line." The... | |
 | 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...church repair Not for the doctrine but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire, 345 While expletives their... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...wrong; In the bright Muse tho' thousand charms 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 y Not for the doctrine , but the music there. ) These equal syllables alone require , Tho' oft the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...the insipid smoothness which some readers are so much in love with, he lias the following verses : These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire, While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. in the fourth,... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...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, "...alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives their feeble aid do join ; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line : While... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 550 pages
...minds ; as fome to church repair, C Not for the doctrine, but the mnlic there. J Thefe equal fyllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire ; 345 While expletives their feeble aid do join j And ten low words oft creep in one dull line : While NOTES. In truth, Shakefpear's language is one... | |
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Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes; Where'er you find 'the cooling... 
