...hiantem orationem reddunt." Cic. ad Heron, lib. iv. Vide etiam Quintil. lib. ix. c. 4. — P. [" Non While expletives their feeble aid do join ; And ten...in one dull line : While they ring round the same unvary'd chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes ; Where'er you find " the cooling western...

...nova."— Idem. c See Ben Jonaon's Every Man out of his Humour. Though oft the ear the open vowels tire e ; While expletives their feeble aid do join ; And ten...crystal streams " with pleasing murmurs creep," The reader 's threaten'd (not in vain) with " sleep : " Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With...

...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...join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line."* But this manner, which, it must be owned, hath a very good effect in enlivening the expression, is...

...manner and those manipulated in such a way as to convey some distinctness of impression. Where-e'er you find 'the cooling western breeze,' In the next...streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep,' The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with 'sleep': . . . True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those...

...may instinctively guess what the inevitable second line will be when we hear the first, thus — " While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With...streams ' with pleasing murmurs creep,' The reader's threatened (not in vain) with ' sleep.' " On reading these lines we may well say — " O wad some power...

...the ear the open vowels tire; (Fr. II) 41 And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: (Fr. II) 42 WP; EBW; ErPo; LiTB; NOBE; OAEL-2; OBEV; TrGrPo Modem...buoyancy afloat. They see no ghost. With sparkling su threaten'd (not in vain) with 'sleep.' (Fr. II) 43 A needless Alexandrine ends the song. That, like...

...complains of in Part 2 of An Essay on Criticism are, after all, mere caricatures of a recognizable face, Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze," In...streams "with pleasing murmurs creep," The reader's threatened (not in vain) with "sleep:" (348-53) If fulfillment of expectation is one of the ways in...

...Pope means by "open vowels," "expletives," and "low words": These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives...join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line Open vowels are initial vowels that produce an unattractive glottal pop. Expletives are words like...

...their ear, Not mend their minds; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine but the music there. Though oft the ear the open vowels tire, While expletives...streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep,' The reader's threatened (not in vain) with 'sleep.' Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning...

...ear, Not mend their minds; as some to church repair, J Not for the doctrine, but the music there. J These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the...chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes. Where-e'er you find 'the cooling western breeze,' 350 In the next line, it 'whispers through the trees;'...