...lines. The following lines from the Essay on Criticism illustrate the rules they would enforce : — These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the...— 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...

...their ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the...join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line." POPE, Essay on Criticism. The principle is precisely similar to that of chanting, where the voice pauses...

...lines. The following lines from the Essay on Criticism illustrate the rules they would enforce :— These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the...tire ; While expletives their feeble aid do join, And—ten—low—words '—oft—creep—in—one—dull—line*. In the next couplet, I think Dryden's...

...readers are so much in love with, he has the following verses: These equal syllables alone require, Tho' s n The gaping of the vowels in the second line, the expletive ' do,' in the third, and the ten monosyllables...

...the ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, •Though oft...,, Where'er you find ' the cooling western breeze,' fn the next line it ' whispers through the trees ;' If crystal streams ' with pleasing murmurs creep,'...

...church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives...creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvary'd chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes; Where-e'er you find « the cooling western...

...their ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music, there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the...chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes ; Л\Ьеге er you find the ' cooling western breeze,' In the next line, it ' whispers through the...

...their ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the...round the same unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still-expected rhymes. Where'er you find t the cooling western breeze,' In the next line, it t whispers...

...he affirms. Of this kind precisely are the last three lines of the following quotation from Pope : " These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the...While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low wordt oft creep in one dull line.''* But this manner, which, it must be owned, hath a very good effect...

...their ear, Not mend their minds; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music, there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the...If crystal. streams ' with pleasing murmurs creep,' Then, at the last and only couplet fraught The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with ' sleep;' A needless...