 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...wrong: in the bright muse tho' thousand charms conspire her voice is all these tuneful fools admire; 340 •who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, not...repair, not for the doctrine, but the music there. These, equal syllables alone require, tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire; 345 while expletives their... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...: la the bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, tier voice is all these tuneful fools admire; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, fcot for the doctrine, but the music there. These, equal syllables alone require. Though oft the ear... | |
 | 1810 - 522 pages
...more attention to sense than to sound, to meaning tLni to metre ; and not be of the number of those, ' Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds. ' Though we have taken up the cudgels, therefore, in behalf of Syntax against Prosody, our attitude... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...In the bright muse, tho' thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire : 340 Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend...repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire ; 345 While expletives their... | |
 | Horace - Criticism - 1812 - 198 pages
...In the bright Muse tho' thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire; 340 Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend...repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft' the ear the open vowels tire ; 345 While expletives... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 230 pages
...bright Muse tho' thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; 340 Who haunts Parnassus but to please their ear, } Not mend their minds, as some to church repair, V Not for the doctrine but the music there. \ These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear... | |
 | England - 1845 - 816 pages
...bright muse, though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who hannt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their...repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music, there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives their... | |
 | England - 1839 - 894 pages
...has done, ' Allowed to be tung in churches.' " We have before been told, by good authority, that " Some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there," but we little expected to have the conduct of Dissenters thus explained, by one who knows the secrets... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...wrong; In the bright Mu^e though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, \ Not...repair > Not for the doctrine, but the music there. J f T £ These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives... | |
 | John Walker - 1819 - 734 pages
...Allowable rhyme«, far, ear, &c. en-, prefer and here, hear, &c. regular, singular, war, &c. Who burnt Parnassus but to please their ear, ') Not mend their...repair, \ Not for the doctrine, but the music there.. j Pope. No monstrous height, or breadth, or length appear; The whole at once is bold and regular. Pope,... | |
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Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes; Where'er you find 'the cooling... 
