But most by Numbers judge a Poet's Song,822Please respect copyright.PENANAnEP8YLwNDE
And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong;822Please respect copyright.PENANA8BH720pDqV
In the bright Muse tho' thousand Charms conspire,822Please respect copyright.PENANApEOxbRWvYh
Her Voice is all these tuneful Fools admire,822Please respect copyright.PENANAcQsdj3m7ED
Who haunt Parnassus but to please their Ear,822Please respect copyright.PENANA83XalzUatz
Not mend their Minds; as some to Church repair,822Please respect copyright.PENANAVi8sHmL4Pb
Not for the Doctrine, but the Musick there.822Please respect copyright.PENANA6MTxxwLiJk
These Equal Syllables alone require,822Please respect copyright.PENANAnJGlz84yCN
Tho' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire,822Please respect copyright.PENANA3QjJBxot2s
While Expletives their feeble Aid do join,822Please respect copyright.PENANAmAajM1Vetg
And ten low Words oft creep in one dull Line,822Please respect copyright.PENANAeIkUMcn1fI
While they ring round the same unvary'd Chimes,822Please respect copyright.PENANAXNDqGCbamt
With sure Returns of still expected Rhymes.822Please respect copyright.PENANA3tqI3Pg7MN
Where-e'er you find the cooling Western Breeze,822Please respect copyright.PENANA80bDW01olV
In the next Line, it whispers thro' the Trees;822Please respect copyright.PENANAK4lb0PUN4a
If Chrystal Streams with pleasing Murmurs creep,822Please respect copyright.PENANA71S445dhEY
The Reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with Sleep.822Please respect copyright.PENANAvvhAFrE3Bv
Then, at the last, and only Couplet fraught822Please respect copyright.PENANACgdbpfWcSD
With some unmeaning Thing they call a Thought,822Please respect copyright.PENANA3fQysPlzFE
A needless Alexandrine ends the Song,822Please respect copyright.PENANA0C3YdQWKSg
That like a wounded Snake, drags its slow length along.822Please respect copyright.PENANAInHUis8KlW
Leave such to tune their own dull Rhimes, and know822Please respect copyright.PENANAIhIvGEjC5Q
What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow;822Please respect copyright.PENANAiaz3aArcY8
And praise the Easie Vigor of a Line,822Please respect copyright.PENANAxJHklZrMzn
Where Denham's Strength, and Waller's Sweetness join.822Please respect copyright.PENANAHQXBGmhOOV
True Ease in Writing comes from Art, not Chance,822Please respect copyright.PENANAcAQkmqrCFB
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance,822Please respect copyright.PENANANWT6wtHNAA
'Tis not enough no Harshness gives Offence,822Please respect copyright.PENANA4j2rY5qOiI
The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense.822Please respect copyright.PENANARB0UunWxHD
Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows,822Please respect copyright.PENANAVojzGoPeQX
And the smooth Stream in smoother Numbers flows;822Please respect copyright.PENANAK3WVvLDIYJ
But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore,822Please respect copyright.PENANAnXg0cTs7Jw
The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar.822Please respect copyright.PENANAUZDJQCtaUS
When Ajax strives, some Rocks' vast Weight to throw,822Please respect copyright.PENANAHuVM2nUhbO
The Line too labours, and the Words move slow;822Please respect copyright.PENANAYEdGoTPUB9
Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain,822Please respect copyright.PENANA66Ca1rJBe4
Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main.822Please respect copyright.PENANAOkgEHdzW3H
Hear how Timotheus' vary'd Lays surprize,822Please respect copyright.PENANAiXX2dnV22s
And bid Alternate Passions fall and rise!822Please respect copyright.PENANAV0O9YNbDAX
While, at each Change, the Son of Lybian Jove822Please respect copyright.PENANAz8FtjGEqvF
Now burns with Glory, and then melts with Love;822Please respect copyright.PENANA3Zgdie18l8
Now his fierce Eyes with sparkling Fury glow;822Please respect copyright.PENANACyGSdVk0c2
Now Sighs steal out, and Tears begin to flow:822Please respect copyright.PENANAcUxMJBdOzk
Persians and Greeks like Turns of Nature found,822Please respect copyright.PENANA6yHFMaR1r5
And the World's Victor stood subdu'd by Sound!822Please respect copyright.PENANAAEorprCpDF
The Pow'rs of Musick all our Hearts allow;822Please respect copyright.PENANA0CpQ4ozmQU
And what Timotheus was, is Dryden now.
Avoid Extreams; and shun the Fault of such,822Please respect copyright.PENANAwPsyvFqeCa
Who still are pleas'd too little, or too much.822Please respect copyright.PENANABkr7oYUjl2
At ev'ry Trifle scorn to take Offence,822Please respect copyright.PENANAR7lpSvUyQ9
That always shows Great Pride, or Little Sense;822Please respect copyright.PENANABwbRIGPV58
Those Heads as Stomachs are not sure the best822Please respect copyright.PENANA6LJc1Gw2mm
Which nauseate all, and nothing can digest.822Please respect copyright.PENANA98W2LXXIRZ
Yet let not each gay Turn thy Rapture move,822Please respect copyright.PENANAIrCvrgrtjP
For Fools Admire, but Men of Sense Approve;822Please respect copyright.PENANATGmkmTj1MK
As things seem large which we thro' Mists descry,822Please respect copyright.PENANAsxXEf19Now
Dulness is ever apt to Magnify.