But most by Numbers judge a Poet's Song,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR36CpzqrqY
And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong;897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrRl2uJkQa
In the bright Muse tho' thousand Charms conspire,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYjqWkCIBL
Her Voice is all these tuneful Fools admire,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJmfz4QAqo
Who haunt Parnassus but to please their Ear,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWybqw99pd7
Not mend their Minds; as some to Church repair,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHhxoiHNlj
Not for the Doctrine, but the Musick there.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6RaYe2tzQ
These Equal Syllables alone require,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmehshryNB
Tho' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQfa5Av7cX
While Expletives their feeble Aid do join,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡota3CeKCGj
And ten low Words oft creep in one dull Line,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0A2ysWApA
While they ring round the same unvary'd Chimes,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ54FEnCBjw
With sure Returns of still expected Rhymes.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQOF07hFmh
Where-e'er you find the cooling Western Breeze,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhLOD5u3mz
In the next Line, it whispers thro' the Trees;897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1A3sWeQ3H9
If Chrystal Streams with pleasing Murmurs creep,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvR0QI6zKsz
The Reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with Sleep.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2eZaz0eXQ
Then, at the last, and only Couplet fraught897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAO2djVdyX
With some unmeaning Thing they call a Thought,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡie7xpMC5kk
A needless Alexandrine ends the Song,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSBKG5s54n
That like a wounded Snake, drags its slow length along.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVa6TknThl
Leave such to tune their own dull Rhimes, and know897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yKsCd5cNk
What's roundly smooth, or languishingly slow;897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzu17ZcpA7R
And praise the Easie Vigor of a Line,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaz5IY0w3Ch
Where Denham's Strength, and Waller's Sweetness join.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36MLmJXbn7
True Ease in Writing comes from Art, not Chance,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHkmLFzK3s
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJG4s5BOhkf
'Tis not enough no Harshness gives Offence,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TQEmk6Hfh
The Sound must seem an Eccho to the Sense.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyTmiIeqNl
Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsTsO5snlc
And the smooth Stream in smoother Numbers flows;897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWRiyRKJ5B
But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDvSMAhiOF
The hoarse, rough Verse shou'd like the Torrent roar.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4lrumJ0bG
When Ajax strives, some Rocks' vast Weight to throw,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaa3NK4bENe
The Line too labours, and the Words move slow;897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDblS9V8em
Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwB2QWkpW2p
Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLHQqvxy22
Hear how Timotheus' vary'd Lays surprize,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsa4r6xGRVQ
And bid Alternate Passions fall and rise!897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGLIb6it3Q
While, at each Change, the Son of Lybian Jove897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CFp9STz1m
Now burns with Glory, and then melts with Love;897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKzJW3BA3m
Now his fierce Eyes with sparkling Fury glow;897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnDVL0bN5d
Now Sighs steal out, and Tears begin to flow:897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9EtvV4u1L
Persians and Greeks like Turns of Nature found,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6VeiSBxpw
And the World's Victor stood subdu'd by Sound!897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPy053jt4P
The Pow'rs of Musick all our Hearts allow;897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5UIEqW4S1
And what Timotheus was, is Dryden now.
Avoid Extreams; and shun the Fault of such,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡts4xBeyl3k
Who still are pleas'd too little, or too much.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUjkki3gdK
At ev'ry Trifle scorn to take Offence,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotQLBCdIES
That always shows Great Pride, or Little Sense;897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU02KyUghRX
Those Heads as Stomachs are not sure the best897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrZYd6wwZD
Which nauseate all, and nothing can digest.897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oRMAL9vOm
Yet let not each gay Turn thy Rapture move,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Rqff7hKzB
For Fools Admire, but Men of Sense Approve;897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ034FvR3lqT
As things seem large which we thro' Mists descry,897Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLUTorhigT
Dulness is ever apt to Magnify.
