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Page 34
... readers in general , it must be confessed , have more than acquiesced in their want of ambition . The late Dr. Darwin , whose notion of poetical music , in common with that of Goldsmith and others , was of the school of Pope , though ...
... readers in general , it must be confessed , have more than acquiesced in their want of ambition . The late Dr. Darwin , whose notion of poetical music , in common with that of Goldsmith and others , was of the school of Pope , though ...
Page 37
... reader will recollect that these lines are in the course of a very long poem ; yet so little had Warton's ear profited by his acquaintance with the Greek and Italian writers , as well as those of his own country , that he had obtained ...
... reader will recollect that these lines are in the course of a very long poem ; yet so little had Warton's ear profited by his acquaintance with the Greek and Italian writers , as well as those of his own country , that he had obtained ...
Page 38
... reader may observe several of like sort , where the accent is varied and cadence changed , lest the ear should be tired with one unvaried sameness of measure , like a ring of bells without any changes . " time to come , adhere to their ...
... reader may observe several of like sort , where the accent is varied and cadence changed , lest the ear should be tired with one unvaried sameness of measure , like a ring of bells without any changes . " time to come , adhere to their ...
Page 39
... readers is once roused to this point , they will find our author not merely deficient on the score of harmony , but ... reader take any dozen or twenty lines from Pope at a hazard , or , if he pleases , from his best and most elaborate ...
... readers is once roused to this point , they will find our author not merely deficient on the score of harmony , but ... reader take any dozen or twenty lines from Pope at a hazard , or , if he pleases , from his best and most elaborate ...
Page 40
... reader will al- low me to deprecate any application of these remarks on ver- sification to the Feast of the Poets . The unambitious ballad- measure in which it is written , has not only had a particular time and tune annexed to it from ...
... reader will al- low me to deprecate any application of these remarks on ver- sification to the Feast of the Poets . The unambitious ballad- measure in which it is written , has not only had a particular time and tune annexed to it from ...
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Abydos admiration affected Apollo appears bard beautiful better bow'd bright called character Coleridge court court of aldermen cried criticism delight Dryden elegant Eloisa to Abelard ev'ry eyes Fairfax fancy faults Feast feeling flow'r forget friends genius Giaour give graceful harmony Hayley heart idle imitation Italian Jump-up-and-kiss-me Juvenal keep king Laureat least less lines look look'd Lord Byron Lyrical Ballads mind Montepulciano Muse narch never o'er original passion perhaps persons piece Pindar poem poet Poet Laureat poetical poetry politics poor Pope praise prince PYRRHA reader respect rhyme ribaldry round satire Scott seem'd seems sense Shakspeare simplicity singular Sirmio smiles society song soul Southey sparkling speak species spect Spenser spirit style Tasso taste thee thing thou thought tion true turn turn'd twas only Bob verses versification vex'd vulgar Walter Scott wine words Wordsworth writings written