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" In the bright muse, tho' thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables... "
The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ... - Page 108
by William Enfield - 1808 - 400 pages
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The Poetical Works of A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which ...

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...equal syllahles alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives their feehle nymph hegan : ' Say, why arc heauties praised and honour'd most. The wise man's passion, unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes; Where'er you find ' the cooling western...
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The Spectator, no. 1-314

Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 480 pages
...of the insipid smoothness which some readers are so much in love with, he has the following verses: These equal syllables alone require. Tho' oft the...join. And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. The gaping of the vowels in the second line, the expletive 'do,' in the third, and the ten monosyllables...
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History of the English Language and Literature

Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 338 pages
...church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives...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 western...
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History of the English Language and Literature

Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 294 pages
...the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the oven vowels tire ; While expletives their feeble aid do...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 western...
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History of the English Language and Literature

Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 342 pages
...charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire. Who haunt Parnassus but to please the ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair,...music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words...
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History of the English Language and Literature

Robert Chambers - English language - 1837 - 350 pages
...charma conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire. Who haunt Parnassus but to please the ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair,...music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though, oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words...
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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong : In the bright muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire; Who haunt...music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives their feeble aid do join ; And ten low words...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by H.F. Cary, with a biogr. notice ...

Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...implies : seit tendere verauin Non secus ас si óvulo rubricam dirigat uno " IT u-.. Sat. i. с l s intended only to divert a few young ladiee, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire * ; While expletives their feeble aid do join ; And ten low...
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The Monthly chronicle; a national journal, Volume 5

1840 - 582 pages
...flow of the rest need not be pointed out. " In the bright muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt...music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words...
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Literary leaves, or, Prose and verse: chiefly written in India, Volumes 1-2

David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 pages
...Criticism illustrate the rules they would enforce : — These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives...— oft — creep — in — one — dull — line*. In the next couplet, I think Dryden's name should stand in the place of Denham's. The first line has...
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