But most by Numbers judge a Poet's Song,613Please respect copyright.PENANAo1MW8uK6GN
And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong;613Please respect copyright.PENANA7VeKpuNiez
In the bright Muse tho' thousand Charms conspire,613Please respect copyright.PENANAiPWKsdp59r
Her Voice is all these tuneful Fools admire,613Please respect copyright.PENANAeMacXtvu90
Who haunt Parnassus but to please their Ear,613Please respect copyright.PENANAHeh2vwMuud
Not mend their Minds; as some to Church repair,613Please respect copyright.PENANAFaeZ9etz9E
Not for the Doctrine, but the Musick there.613Please respect copyright.PENANAgyqn4W4VGK
These Equal Syllables alone require,613Please respect copyright.PENANAXmTUzNbgtY
Tho' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire,613Please respect copyright.PENANAho0iPvZ1iq
While Expletives their feeble Aid do join,613Please respect copyright.PENANAuiT1U1Gmz3
And ten low Words oft creep in one dull Line,613Please respect copyright.PENANA66Nioc9JZs
While they ring round the same unvary'd Chimes,613Please respect copyright.PENANAJiRTLndrmK
With sure Returns of still expected Rhymes.613Please respect copyright.PENANAUcwttlDaSt
Where-e'er you find the cooling Western Breeze,613Please respect copyright.PENANADq4aLJrxtX
In the next Line, it whispers thro' the Trees;613Please respect copyright.PENANAMYfnq7uy7h
If Chrystal Streams with pleasing Murmurs creep,613Please respect copyright.PENANA5xjotr3bQE
The Reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with Sleep.613Please respect copyright.PENANADMUNWW4837
Then, at the last, and only Couplet fraught613Please respect copyright.PENANAv1iqtYTs6V
With some unmeaning Thing they call a Thought,613Please respect copyright.PENANAKrK6vuERol
A needless Alexandrine ends the Song,613Please respect copyright.PENANA9YwwL0295l
That like a wounded Snake, drags its slow length along.613Please respect copyright.PENANAYLKdnzW9fh
Leave such to tune their own dull Rhimes, and know613Please respect copyright.PENANAgmcQLgefwd
What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow;613Please respect copyright.PENANAWp6RC3Uscy
And praise the Easie Vigor of a Line,613Please respect copyright.PENANA2D4TOk9rPE
Where Denham's Strength, and Waller's Sweetness join.613Please respect copyright.PENANA5HnxBfBHUv
True Ease in Writing comes from Art, not Chance,613Please respect copyright.PENANA0Kc5JobgEA
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance,613Please respect copyright.PENANAzuT0Ecb2OB
'Tis not enough no Harshness gives Offence,613Please respect copyright.PENANAuQFqb4BCaK
The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense.613Please respect copyright.PENANAdfRTNy9wWj
Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows,613Please respect copyright.PENANAXgomLW7XAN
And the smooth Stream in smoother Numbers flows;613Please respect copyright.PENANAz8yjSGxNMC
But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore,613Please respect copyright.PENANAgB7rJQuAhP
The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar.613Please respect copyright.PENANAlIiJKRwjsX
When Ajax strives, some Rocks' vast Weight to throw,613Please respect copyright.PENANAjBjtZfTy9L
The Line too labours, and the Words move slow;613Please respect copyright.PENANAVbA4aF5kLD
Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain,613Please respect copyright.PENANAqtPqCHxr9t
Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main.613Please respect copyright.PENANA2oe11jDOpi
Hear how Timotheus' vary'd Lays surprize,613Please respect copyright.PENANAvvuHNLkVRu
And bid Alternate Passions fall and rise!613Please respect copyright.PENANA6fOeEHkDHD
While, at each Change, the Son of Lybian Jove613Please respect copyright.PENANAD9lu4W1Saq
Now burns with Glory, and then melts with Love;613Please respect copyright.PENANAVDBj1OYVRt
Now his fierce Eyes with sparkling Fury glow;613Please respect copyright.PENANAATPRXcAMAh
Now Sighs steal out, and Tears begin to flow:613Please respect copyright.PENANAvnZVyYfqEw
Persians and Greeks like Turns of Nature found,613Please respect copyright.PENANAzsp2lNllB3
And the World's Victor stood subdu'd by Sound!613Please respect copyright.PENANA5IfSZjKGaO
The Pow'rs of Musick all our Hearts allow;613Please respect copyright.PENANAgN48jvKFjB
And what Timotheus was, is Dryden now.
Avoid Extreams; and shun the Fault of such,613Please respect copyright.PENANAgBOUEvYIIC
Who still are pleas'd too little, or too much.613Please respect copyright.PENANAFr2ObUCHUe
At ev'ry Trifle scorn to take Offence,613Please respect copyright.PENANAIS0MP7LZKO
That always shows Great Pride, or Little Sense;613Please respect copyright.PENANAI4tVG0QvDC
Those Heads as Stomachs are not sure the best613Please respect copyright.PENANAnAKvPklfTh
Which nauseate all, and nothing can digest.613Please respect copyright.PENANAKXTKSqKVNU
Yet let not each gay Turn thy Rapture move,613Please respect copyright.PENANAHRJH02If4v
For Fools Admire, but Men of Sense Approve;613Please respect copyright.PENANAxCrpyXGFjK
As things seem large which we thro' Mists descry,613Please respect copyright.PENANAiVmIJ50Uv4
Dulness is ever apt to Magnify.