 In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.  La Belle Assemblée - Page 161808Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old : Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, 335 Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers...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... | |
 | Horace - 1812 - 198 pages
...hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old : Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, 335 Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by Numbers...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... | |
 | 1845 - 816 pages
...another striking instance of sliding, unconsciously, from critic to poet. " But most by numbers jndge a poet's song, And 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 hannt Parnassus... | |
 | George Brewer - 1819 - 110 pages
...these rhymes are of the modern high standard and measure, I am not one of those of whom Pope said, " But most by numbers, judge a Poet's song, And smooth,...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 Parnassus,... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 pages
...wintry time will quickly pass, Section iV. " " • * * " • • . ON VERSIFICATION. Many by Number judge a Poet's song; » • And 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 Parnassus... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 pages
...quickly pass, And one unbounded spring encircle all. Section 1Y. t ON VERSIFICATION, Many by Number judge a Poet's song ; And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong; In the bright Mu^e though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...nor Critics' pass, As heavy mules' are neither horse' nor ass'. Pope. 41. — Harmony of Expression. BUT most, by numbers judge a poet's song ; And smooth or rough, with them is right or In the bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, Who haunt Parnassus but to please the ear, f Not... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 pages
...words, as fashions, the Fame rule will hold ; A'ilte fantastic, il'too new or old : Be not the first hy whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.* 1 10. By the usf of good words new modelled. The third species of harharism, is that produced... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pages
...doublets dress'd. In words as fashions the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the...rough, with them, is right or wrong: In the bright Muse though thousand charms conHervoice is all these tuneful fools admire; [spire, Who haunt Parnassus but... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 426 pages
...T Be not the first by whom the new are try'd, 335 Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But rrost by Numbers judge a Poet's song, And smooth or rough,...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... | |
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