But most by Numbers judge a Poet's Song,926Please respect copyright.PENANAEeLQNhM3Ua
And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong;926Please respect copyright.PENANATHpv9xepFV
In the bright Muse tho' thousand Charms conspire,926Please respect copyright.PENANAjOc7IbUtIa
Her Voice is all these tuneful Fools admire,926Please respect copyright.PENANAmBJOmwEp3N
Who haunt Parnassus but to please their Ear,926Please respect copyright.PENANAqMAvQxB3sX
Not mend their Minds; as some to Church repair,926Please respect copyright.PENANAiWWFnwhPmq
Not for the Doctrine, but the Musick there.926Please respect copyright.PENANAe3sifMsoHm
These Equal Syllables alone require,926Please respect copyright.PENANAgxdUIh6Hrr
Tho' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire,926Please respect copyright.PENANAXOUCmu7wB8
While Expletives their feeble Aid do join,926Please respect copyright.PENANAGDO04M04G6
And ten low Words oft creep in one dull Line,926Please respect copyright.PENANAJoJnWfuY3n
While they ring round the same unvary'd Chimes,926Please respect copyright.PENANAz7PVZlD7Lk
With sure Returns of still expected Rhymes.926Please respect copyright.PENANAGcpSg5eequ
Where-e'er you find the cooling Western Breeze,926Please respect copyright.PENANAg9mi7ZovgB
In the next Line, it whispers thro' the Trees;926Please respect copyright.PENANAxoPiHIbgsz
If Chrystal Streams with pleasing Murmurs creep,926Please respect copyright.PENANAyoef07Zncz
The Reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with Sleep.926Please respect copyright.PENANA48XajvNw5S
Then, at the last, and only Couplet fraught926Please respect copyright.PENANA8qwBBIfQ4G
With some unmeaning Thing they call a Thought,926Please respect copyright.PENANA1JrZ0Ij2iO
A needless Alexandrine ends the Song,926Please respect copyright.PENANAfurSvaNYzp
That like a wounded Snake, drags its slow length along.926Please respect copyright.PENANAnCDEDljt1A
Leave such to tune their own dull Rhimes, and know926Please respect copyright.PENANAJXiZSL2Klt
What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow;926Please respect copyright.PENANAjcPtsXAqbt
And praise the Easie Vigor of a Line,926Please respect copyright.PENANAOhbvzAtxaO
Where Denham's Strength, and Waller's Sweetness join.926Please respect copyright.PENANAjVw6tSNHzu
True Ease in Writing comes from Art, not Chance,926Please respect copyright.PENANAyWDsHwFUtu
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance,926Please respect copyright.PENANATZLF6UCEPj
'Tis not enough no Harshness gives Offence,926Please respect copyright.PENANA0W6hMDydw1
The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense.926Please respect copyright.PENANA2xG6mr0tOv
Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows,926Please respect copyright.PENANATicoVOF8y8
And the smooth Stream in smoother Numbers flows;926Please respect copyright.PENANA7mrDTGp9H6
But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore,926Please respect copyright.PENANAfEjKrHQfdJ
The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar.926Please respect copyright.PENANAAoe4QQOyAr
When Ajax strives, some Rocks' vast Weight to throw,926Please respect copyright.PENANA2bSqOR0ZIP
The Line too labours, and the Words move slow;926Please respect copyright.PENANAS2KCh5LWCw
Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain,926Please respect copyright.PENANA6KpjVj2NCj
Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main.926Please respect copyright.PENANA3qjc0CYoy6
Hear how Timotheus' vary'd Lays surprize,926Please respect copyright.PENANA5y5kl1YJRv
And bid Alternate Passions fall and rise!926Please respect copyright.PENANAkFEGZIelSG
While, at each Change, the Son of Lybian Jove926Please respect copyright.PENANAIeq5iiGXB7
Now burns with Glory, and then melts with Love;926Please respect copyright.PENANAkyVBpm5sR8
Now his fierce Eyes with sparkling Fury glow;926Please respect copyright.PENANAJhpRLmTHlP
Now Sighs steal out, and Tears begin to flow:926Please respect copyright.PENANAMVajP12JQR
Persians and Greeks like Turns of Nature found,926Please respect copyright.PENANA0H7zGUXJdY
And the World's Victor stood subdu'd by Sound!926Please respect copyright.PENANA7p6fFrT8F0
The Pow'rs of Musick all our Hearts allow;926Please respect copyright.PENANAJIBbC2x85i
And what Timotheus was, is Dryden now.
Avoid Extreams; and shun the Fault of such,926Please respect copyright.PENANA2jmdVbdv6i
Who still are pleas'd too little, or too much.926Please respect copyright.PENANAnlwQ9KzFeB
At ev'ry Trifle scorn to take Offence,926Please respect copyright.PENANASxTjC5YwPP
That always shows Great Pride, or Little Sense;926Please respect copyright.PENANAkF1UoZ19Sj
Those Heads as Stomachs are not sure the best926Please respect copyright.PENANAEqZmr7EKCy
Which nauseate all, and nothing can digest.926Please respect copyright.PENANArRlNc6tHoU
Yet let not each gay Turn thy Rapture move,926Please respect copyright.PENANAnIQtlB4qMO
For Fools Admire, but Men of Sense Approve;926Please respect copyright.PENANAbLMlMtSDov
As things seem large which we thro' Mists descry,926Please respect copyright.PENANAoEXCMjjq20
Dulness is ever apt to Magnify.