But most by Numbers judge a Poet's Song,853Please respect copyright.PENANAJIS2efwOLX
And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong;853Please respect copyright.PENANArTW44a4Wub
In the bright Muse tho' thousand Charms conspire,853Please respect copyright.PENANADHXQhQ0YFA
Her Voice is all these tuneful Fools admire,853Please respect copyright.PENANAS00Lg7rEvH
Who haunt Parnassus but to please their Ear,853Please respect copyright.PENANA02rWre7PTI
Not mend their Minds; as some to Church repair,853Please respect copyright.PENANAzhvwItdIMU
Not for the Doctrine, but the Musick there.853Please respect copyright.PENANAu4XRb01tfT
These Equal Syllables alone require,853Please respect copyright.PENANAGOGIzoghaC
Tho' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire,853Please respect copyright.PENANAnucZura9KY
While Expletives their feeble Aid do join,853Please respect copyright.PENANAcZsDLlTKSL
And ten low Words oft creep in one dull Line,853Please respect copyright.PENANAg9AkPhVVpM
While they ring round the same unvary'd Chimes,853Please respect copyright.PENANAq9SLuDFI34
With sure Returns of still expected Rhymes.853Please respect copyright.PENANAeHdX6EGUoR
Where-e'er you find the cooling Western Breeze,853Please respect copyright.PENANA7DsGWc2ZVq
In the next Line, it whispers thro' the Trees;853Please respect copyright.PENANAmc4gFCqAnz
If Chrystal Streams with pleasing Murmurs creep,853Please respect copyright.PENANArjFaGHxmR9
The Reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with Sleep.853Please respect copyright.PENANASZTzDvjlF3
Then, at the last, and only Couplet fraught853Please respect copyright.PENANA2nky2NERpw
With some unmeaning Thing they call a Thought,853Please respect copyright.PENANArd9gF9mtkj
A needless Alexandrine ends the Song,853Please respect copyright.PENANAqdepdxvv8b
That like a wounded Snake, drags its slow length along.853Please respect copyright.PENANAv6STjUc7hz
Leave such to tune their own dull Rhimes, and know853Please respect copyright.PENANANrtMt1yUuP
What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow;853Please respect copyright.PENANAZgUx5QT8ki
And praise the Easie Vigor of a Line,853Please respect copyright.PENANA5jPyo6hxlR
Where Denham's Strength, and Waller's Sweetness join.853Please respect copyright.PENANAmFo295G2MJ
True Ease in Writing comes from Art, not Chance,853Please respect copyright.PENANALOGMJY3pkL
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance,853Please respect copyright.PENANA2AKdF23Ngj
'Tis not enough no Harshness gives Offence,853Please respect copyright.PENANAsSXpzoCLD9
The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense.853Please respect copyright.PENANA6C61LIcZpj
Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows,853Please respect copyright.PENANAeEXDe0nPIc
And the smooth Stream in smoother Numbers flows;853Please respect copyright.PENANA0OItUewcPR
But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore,853Please respect copyright.PENANAFX8WBUFyBm
The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar.853Please respect copyright.PENANAvHWhpFAJkq
When Ajax strives, some Rocks' vast Weight to throw,853Please respect copyright.PENANAXN7rVXExMj
The Line too labours, and the Words move slow;853Please respect copyright.PENANAZk35Abhj3w
Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain,853Please respect copyright.PENANAxi3Dekz2eh
Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main.853Please respect copyright.PENANALFqULxsZFh
Hear how Timotheus' vary'd Lays surprize,853Please respect copyright.PENANAsirCKiLDHn
And bid Alternate Passions fall and rise!853Please respect copyright.PENANACv51paHYuY
While, at each Change, the Son of Lybian Jove853Please respect copyright.PENANAIuWJJRt7A1
Now burns with Glory, and then melts with Love;853Please respect copyright.PENANAziXLV8spYb
Now his fierce Eyes with sparkling Fury glow;853Please respect copyright.PENANA617ThesZXK
Now Sighs steal out, and Tears begin to flow:853Please respect copyright.PENANAmY2MJhQUX3
Persians and Greeks like Turns of Nature found,853Please respect copyright.PENANAONEUx3KbnO
And the World's Victor stood subdu'd by Sound!853Please respect copyright.PENANACSfV9lW6xw
The Pow'rs of Musick all our Hearts allow;853Please respect copyright.PENANAcmTyU8Q1wr
And what Timotheus was, is Dryden now.
Avoid Extreams; and shun the Fault of such,853Please respect copyright.PENANAN614KKZTBC
Who still are pleas'd too little, or too much.853Please respect copyright.PENANAFO68B2rDJv
At ev'ry Trifle scorn to take Offence,853Please respect copyright.PENANAqb6TrHwyH5
That always shows Great Pride, or Little Sense;853Please respect copyright.PENANAXeFrTo5j0G
Those Heads as Stomachs are not sure the best853Please respect copyright.PENANAg2UTXSdjuF
Which nauseate all, and nothing can digest.853Please respect copyright.PENANAIshPxQApfX
Yet let not each gay Turn thy Rapture move,853Please respect copyright.PENANAwgVc2gKk9A
For Fools Admire, but Men of Sense Approve;853Please respect copyright.PENANACqUgCf1h3f
As things seem large which we thro' Mists descry,853Please respect copyright.PENANAnb3KottoCO
Dulness is ever apt to Magnify.