But most by Numbers judge a Poet's Song,612Please respect copyright.PENANAyh1z7K88Sp
And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong;612Please respect copyright.PENANAi6riXivhq2
In the bright Muse tho' thousand Charms conspire,612Please respect copyright.PENANAA9PoKhb0CD
Her Voice is all these tuneful Fools admire,612Please respect copyright.PENANANaqnbZAXJW
Who haunt Parnassus but to please their Ear,612Please respect copyright.PENANAHhzfRVYEBZ
Not mend their Minds; as some to Church repair,612Please respect copyright.PENANAQSv8Busczt
Not for the Doctrine, but the Musick there.612Please respect copyright.PENANA98wSHESj6t
These Equal Syllables alone require,612Please respect copyright.PENANAF6AiTSbskV
Tho' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire,612Please respect copyright.PENANAyc04sra3b1
While Expletives their feeble Aid do join,612Please respect copyright.PENANANLswPKupqb
And ten low Words oft creep in one dull Line,612Please respect copyright.PENANAum3wKjG7rI
While they ring round the same unvary'd Chimes,612Please respect copyright.PENANAgCrMCNeBcf
With sure Returns of still expected Rhymes.612Please respect copyright.PENANAcWi4mq9hSE
Where-e'er you find the cooling Western Breeze,612Please respect copyright.PENANACGGnBovild
In the next Line, it whispers thro' the Trees;612Please respect copyright.PENANA7vLOdV9dku
If Chrystal Streams with pleasing Murmurs creep,612Please respect copyright.PENANAfx8tl7RczI
The Reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with Sleep.612Please respect copyright.PENANAwqnkxyYnSa
Then, at the last, and only Couplet fraught612Please respect copyright.PENANANAuw6gODDL
With some unmeaning Thing they call a Thought,612Please respect copyright.PENANAbaesd3Hvz8
A needless Alexandrine ends the Song,612Please respect copyright.PENANAcjVYHqp7jG
That like a wounded Snake, drags its slow length along.612Please respect copyright.PENANAYmj0BXMWyy
Leave such to tune their own dull Rhimes, and know612Please respect copyright.PENANApjWBoi0FUM
What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow;612Please respect copyright.PENANABdZx1s4ZFF
And praise the Easie Vigor of a Line,612Please respect copyright.PENANAOwosiWghZI
Where Denham's Strength, and Waller's Sweetness join.612Please respect copyright.PENANAz3cy5ryvC9
True Ease in Writing comes from Art, not Chance,612Please respect copyright.PENANAVfxisAf4rw
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance,612Please respect copyright.PENANAWUKJCWyj7S
'Tis not enough no Harshness gives Offence,612Please respect copyright.PENANAE6KegNGDX7
The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense.612Please respect copyright.PENANASC4vgTBHbo
Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows,612Please respect copyright.PENANAcWS96jNMZ6
And the smooth Stream in smoother Numbers flows;612Please respect copyright.PENANAphN2b8UX44
But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore,612Please respect copyright.PENANAy4fwkeJl3b
The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar.612Please respect copyright.PENANA5UeTviSGqI
When Ajax strives, some Rocks' vast Weight to throw,612Please respect copyright.PENANAmUpksBkyzl
The Line too labours, and the Words move slow;612Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ze4giDMnv
Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain,612Please respect copyright.PENANAhIx6WufLaT
Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main.612Please respect copyright.PENANAdgkD9RhZaM
Hear how Timotheus' vary'd Lays surprize,612Please respect copyright.PENANAvJYkpCRyH0
And bid Alternate Passions fall and rise!612Please respect copyright.PENANAhzBGmjhjur
While, at each Change, the Son of Lybian Jove612Please respect copyright.PENANATUDQTIC383
Now burns with Glory, and then melts with Love;612Please respect copyright.PENANAkb1QiX8tov
Now his fierce Eyes with sparkling Fury glow;612Please respect copyright.PENANA5eWA4tMqd9
Now Sighs steal out, and Tears begin to flow:612Please respect copyright.PENANA7xdaZ8w2y5
Persians and Greeks like Turns of Nature found,612Please respect copyright.PENANAErQVedbh9I
And the World's Victor stood subdu'd by Sound!612Please respect copyright.PENANAM2oQm3K4rm
The Pow'rs of Musick all our Hearts allow;612Please respect copyright.PENANAXq0Bi24stI
And what Timotheus was, is Dryden now.
Avoid Extreams; and shun the Fault of such,612Please respect copyright.PENANAktNq8rRyVs
Who still are pleas'd too little, or too much.612Please respect copyright.PENANARiNM24859H
At ev'ry Trifle scorn to take Offence,612Please respect copyright.PENANAfiYumlIacw
That always shows Great Pride, or Little Sense;612Please respect copyright.PENANALgz4BvRu4l
Those Heads as Stomachs are not sure the best612Please respect copyright.PENANAzARdPD4L8r
Which nauseate all, and nothing can digest.612Please respect copyright.PENANAT8stHc6rUA
Yet let not each gay Turn thy Rapture move,612Please respect copyright.PENANABZ5cjNZt2f
For Fools Admire, but Men of Sense Approve;612Please respect copyright.PENANApuL3jfWtrV
As things seem large which we thro' Mists descry,612Please respect copyright.PENANA7HtPRdWScO
Dulness is ever apt to Magnify.