 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...too new, or old : Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. in ; But, if the threatening winds in tempests roar,...wasteful sword in gore : How, if on Swithin's feast the conHer voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; [spire, Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 pages
...picture." Warton. Ver. 328. Unlucky, as Fungoso, fyc.} See Ben. Jonson's Every Man out of his Humour. P. But most by Numbers judge a Poet's song, And smooth...with them, is right or wrong: In the bright Muse, tho' thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; 340 COMMENTARY. Ver. 337.... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 404 pages
...picture." Warton. Ver. 328. Unlucky, as Fungoso, Sfc.] See Ben. Jonson's Every Man-out of his Humour. PBut most by Numbers judge a Poet's song, And smooth or...with them, is right or wrong : In the bright Muse, tho' thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; 340 COMMENTARY. Ver. 337.... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 pages
...rubricam dirigat uno." Pers. Sat. i. P. Having described the causes of false judgment in Critics who 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 syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1824 - 570 pages
...mere music the first requisite of poetry; — although he can never fall into the ranks of those who * by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong; — yet — inasmuch as it is the province of a University not to create, but to refine, — not to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...tot new or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers judge a poet's song ; And smooth...conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; 340 Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers judge a poet's song; And smooth...right or wrong : In the bright Muse though thousand eharms eonspire, Her voiee ¡8 all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...too new or old : Be not the first by whom 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. • lu the bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...too new or old ; Be not the first by whom the new are tried. Nor yet the last to lay the whole aaide. But most by numbers judge a poet's song ; And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong : In tlie bright muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; 340... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 222 pages
...excellent; The sense they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; ana where they m abound, But most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough with them is right or wron In the bright Muse tho' thousand charms conspir Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire; Who... | |
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Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Tho... 
