But most by Numbers judge a Poet's Song,927Please respect copyright.PENANAtTXwmhJcX6
And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong;927Please respect copyright.PENANA9250sssaCS
In the bright Muse tho' thousand Charms conspire,927Please respect copyright.PENANAG751Y0PhW9
Her Voice is all these tuneful Fools admire,927Please respect copyright.PENANANNdHb5yfnt
Who haunt Parnassus but to please their Ear,927Please respect copyright.PENANAHAsh6UBgEK
Not mend their Minds; as some to Church repair,927Please respect copyright.PENANAwBLhE08r0K
Not for the Doctrine, but the Musick there.927Please respect copyright.PENANAmr0KisF7vO
These Equal Syllables alone require,927Please respect copyright.PENANAvgwQvUHnlu
Tho' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire,927Please respect copyright.PENANAOQOZ1WGwi9
While Expletives their feeble Aid do join,927Please respect copyright.PENANAAWEsCRGJ2a
And ten low Words oft creep in one dull Line,927Please respect copyright.PENANACY5A16hpj4
While they ring round the same unvary'd Chimes,927Please respect copyright.PENANAdMnsV5Vspu
With sure Returns of still expected Rhymes.927Please respect copyright.PENANAjz6U2sWYCr
Where-e'er you find the cooling Western Breeze,927Please respect copyright.PENANA0hpoVC3R88
In the next Line, it whispers thro' the Trees;927Please respect copyright.PENANAqh22HCEW7O
If Chrystal Streams with pleasing Murmurs creep,927Please respect copyright.PENANAEgDkcIOX9q
The Reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with Sleep.927Please respect copyright.PENANA3U5TqpJxjN
Then, at the last, and only Couplet fraught927Please respect copyright.PENANAdyLTtUfm2t
With some unmeaning Thing they call a Thought,927Please respect copyright.PENANAio84UwcuBc
A needless Alexandrine ends the Song,927Please respect copyright.PENANAXNWre7UiDP
That like a wounded Snake, drags its slow length along.927Please respect copyright.PENANA6F4OtnQCGa
Leave such to tune their own dull Rhimes, and know927Please respect copyright.PENANA0eQugfmcJC
What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow;927Please respect copyright.PENANAQnSuZcLXgg
And praise the Easie Vigor of a Line,927Please respect copyright.PENANAGMfqu8Skbe
Where Denham's Strength, and Waller's Sweetness join.927Please respect copyright.PENANApOkvQQCDYX
True Ease in Writing comes from Art, not Chance,927Please respect copyright.PENANASjTy8z8YyG
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance,927Please respect copyright.PENANAfHmyCE11i1
'Tis not enough no Harshness gives Offence,927Please respect copyright.PENANAei2nY84COm
The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense.927Please respect copyright.PENANAiKG1mFPSiI
Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows,927Please respect copyright.PENANAHsY6h8ghzf
And the smooth Stream in smoother Numbers flows;927Please respect copyright.PENANAZFhKTmRvFx
But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore,927Please respect copyright.PENANAudJ3nnmUbC
The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar.927Please respect copyright.PENANARBHceyhljx
When Ajax strives, some Rocks' vast Weight to throw,927Please respect copyright.PENANAjQO9mNQC47
The Line too labours, and the Words move slow;927Please respect copyright.PENANAYwtptsCxGC
Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain,927Please respect copyright.PENANASE1YzSFqlC
Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main.927Please respect copyright.PENANAGPkBst2EG7
Hear how Timotheus' vary'd Lays surprize,927Please respect copyright.PENANA1yiwvpCsns
And bid Alternate Passions fall and rise!927Please respect copyright.PENANA1ilIxzgB1c
While, at each Change, the Son of Lybian Jove927Please respect copyright.PENANAiMCrnAxOLo
Now burns with Glory, and then melts with Love;927Please respect copyright.PENANARSKwZxQBap
Now his fierce Eyes with sparkling Fury glow;927Please respect copyright.PENANABeBzZV6OTd
Now Sighs steal out, and Tears begin to flow:927Please respect copyright.PENANAXU3NzU639q
Persians and Greeks like Turns of Nature found,927Please respect copyright.PENANA24wgXNoTCr
And the World's Victor stood subdu'd by Sound!927Please respect copyright.PENANAZBYFj3IIxq
The Pow'rs of Musick all our Hearts allow;927Please respect copyright.PENANAzkaOzaXVHz
And what Timotheus was, is Dryden now.
Avoid Extreams; and shun the Fault of such,927Please respect copyright.PENANAT6Dgo2soQ5
Who still are pleas'd too little, or too much.927Please respect copyright.PENANAVm93AZoBAS
At ev'ry Trifle scorn to take Offence,927Please respect copyright.PENANAdTUrgoTWgu
That always shows Great Pride, or Little Sense;927Please respect copyright.PENANAEgn6hD6JI2
Those Heads as Stomachs are not sure the best927Please respect copyright.PENANAx42Hqt7qUb
Which nauseate all, and nothing can digest.927Please respect copyright.PENANA8RJRbDQQPw
Yet let not each gay Turn thy Rapture move,927Please respect copyright.PENANA8Hjn1qj5Dn
For Fools Admire, but Men of Sense Approve;927Please respect copyright.PENANAr2nY4jIyr8
As things seem large which we thro' Mists descry,927Please respect copyright.PENANAJrCfyd17WZ
Dulness is ever apt to Magnify.