But most by Numbers judge a Poet's Song,823Please respect copyright.PENANA1hYckqMnVV
And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong;823Please respect copyright.PENANAHf3zMh2JUz
In the bright Muse tho' thousand Charms conspire,823Please respect copyright.PENANAa0xiZtIAQX
Her Voice is all these tuneful Fools admire,823Please respect copyright.PENANAyqWDjfG3ja
Who haunt Parnassus but to please their Ear,823Please respect copyright.PENANAFAgDZp81Dt
Not mend their Minds; as some to Church repair,823Please respect copyright.PENANAksHRcWN4s4
Not for the Doctrine, but the Musick there.823Please respect copyright.PENANAoit9KgBnpj
These Equal Syllables alone require,823Please respect copyright.PENANAzwlSXVbRVY
Tho' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire,823Please respect copyright.PENANAyUcC4uy8YG
While Expletives their feeble Aid do join,823Please respect copyright.PENANAH2bZt6O10W
And ten low Words oft creep in one dull Line,823Please respect copyright.PENANAZrCO6tsm3p
While they ring round the same unvary'd Chimes,823Please respect copyright.PENANAsqYKNy29c7
With sure Returns of still expected Rhymes.823Please respect copyright.PENANAbqhUCHIm6s
Where-e'er you find the cooling Western Breeze,823Please respect copyright.PENANAMRVWN7BnN5
In the next Line, it whispers thro' the Trees;823Please respect copyright.PENANAAoVfrLEW6p
If Chrystal Streams with pleasing Murmurs creep,823Please respect copyright.PENANACybEge6sqd
The Reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with Sleep.823Please respect copyright.PENANAlsZxv7hSiH
Then, at the last, and only Couplet fraught823Please respect copyright.PENANARYCNwQAYli
With some unmeaning Thing they call a Thought,823Please respect copyright.PENANABJUHpAhLQV
A needless Alexandrine ends the Song,823Please respect copyright.PENANAv8EzEeaaCs
That like a wounded Snake, drags its slow length along.823Please respect copyright.PENANAH0czrfzxSC
Leave such to tune their own dull Rhimes, and know823Please respect copyright.PENANArc20BKk0ah
What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow;823Please respect copyright.PENANAwU4RgyYaS9
And praise the Easie Vigor of a Line,823Please respect copyright.PENANAawsuelPTJD
Where Denham's Strength, and Waller's Sweetness join.823Please respect copyright.PENANAv3siPj0VHs
True Ease in Writing comes from Art, not Chance,823Please respect copyright.PENANAUoPLwa9NjW
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance,823Please respect copyright.PENANAsQh8bFYfSZ
'Tis not enough no Harshness gives Offence,823Please respect copyright.PENANAEfxspKyd7g
The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense.823Please respect copyright.PENANAWoAmzMNPXO
Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows,823Please respect copyright.PENANA7f3Ty7L219
And the smooth Stream in smoother Numbers flows;823Please respect copyright.PENANAQOqGO0C1bP
But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore,823Please respect copyright.PENANAzLM3UjTooh
The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar.823Please respect copyright.PENANAU7JmUqkXRy
When Ajax strives, some Rocks' vast Weight to throw,823Please respect copyright.PENANAoBDPaetXI5
The Line too labours, and the Words move slow;823Please respect copyright.PENANApl600HnAQy
Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain,823Please respect copyright.PENANAAJy66ZBAoa
Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main.823Please respect copyright.PENANAlErPIou4Zm
Hear how Timotheus' vary'd Lays surprize,823Please respect copyright.PENANAaKny10Co0w
And bid Alternate Passions fall and rise!823Please respect copyright.PENANAt7isChI5gN
While, at each Change, the Son of Lybian Jove823Please respect copyright.PENANANChjh0f6nM
Now burns with Glory, and then melts with Love;823Please respect copyright.PENANAQQTUVDBL3L
Now his fierce Eyes with sparkling Fury glow;823Please respect copyright.PENANA7A0rzhzenT
Now Sighs steal out, and Tears begin to flow:823Please respect copyright.PENANAy9ZnyVSPCy
Persians and Greeks like Turns of Nature found,823Please respect copyright.PENANAzSUDZZxOnl
And the World's Victor stood subdu'd by Sound!823Please respect copyright.PENANAGDjXtFmYAb
The Pow'rs of Musick all our Hearts allow;823Please respect copyright.PENANAPlwFq44J33
And what Timotheus was, is Dryden now.
Avoid Extreams; and shun the Fault of such,823Please respect copyright.PENANAbA3YqGpxnj
Who still are pleas'd too little, or too much.823Please respect copyright.PENANAjqWrTe3yFF
At ev'ry Trifle scorn to take Offence,823Please respect copyright.PENANA3QUKnhjRtq
That always shows Great Pride, or Little Sense;823Please respect copyright.PENANA3ASQppP7Bg
Those Heads as Stomachs are not sure the best823Please respect copyright.PENANACEcZwCtmwq
Which nauseate all, and nothing can digest.823Please respect copyright.PENANAKKEiIM7P0G
Yet let not each gay Turn thy Rapture move,823Please respect copyright.PENANA9Z1ddXjjdx
For Fools Admire, but Men of Sense Approve;823Please respect copyright.PENANARgIEE1a7Al
As things seem large which we thro' Mists descry,823Please respect copyright.PENANAPQC3VU2EOs
Dulness is ever apt to Magnify.