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" But most by numbers 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... "
Rudiments of English Composition - Page 55
by Alexander Reid - 1854 - 134 pages
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1866 - 338 pages
...iftoo new or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers judge a poet's song. And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong : In the brig t Muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt...
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Literary Criticism: Pope to Croce

Gay Wilson Allen, Harry Hayden Clark - Literary Criticism - 1962 - 676 pages
...too new, or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth...conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; 340 Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds; as some to church repair,...
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The Poems of Alexander Pope: A One-volume Edition of the Twickenham Text ...

Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...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 judge a Poet's Song, And smooth...rough, with them, is right or wrong; In the bright Muse tho' thousand Charms conspire, Her Voice is all these tuneful Fools admire, 340 Who haunt Parnassus...
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Alexander Pope

Yasmine Gooneratne - Literary Criticism - 1976 - 164 pages
...dressed appropriately in contemporary metaphor and idiom: But most by Numbers judge a Poet's Song, 337 And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong; In the bright Muse tho' thousand Charms conspire, Her Voice is all these tuneful Fools admire, Who haunt Parnassus but...
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The Central literary magazine, Volume 5

Birmingham central literary assoc - 1881 - 470 pages
...rumbling cart." After pointing out that critics have no discrimination, or proper judgment, and that — " Most, by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough, with them is right or wrong." instead of regarding the work as whole, he attacks with bitter sarcasm the feeble poets whose productions...
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Arbeitsbuch Lyrikanalyse

Hans-Werner Ludwig - Lyrik - 1979 - 278 pages
...a strange love, l poked him with an angry stick. (Richard Eberhard, "The Groundhog") b) Reimpaare: But most by numbers judge a poet's song. And smooth...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....
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Poetic Designs: An Introduction to Meters, Verse Forms, and Figures of Speech

Stephen Adams - Poetry - 1997 - 260 pages
...empowerment to treat the grandest of sacred subjects. Alexander Pope, "An Essay on Criticism," 337-57, 362-73 But most by Numbers judge a Poet's song, And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong; • -| ' ' i - T • r ' In the Bright Muse tho' thousand charms conspire, - ' r ' i - ' r ' i" Her...
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Rules for the Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse

Mary Oliver - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 212 pages
...too new, or old; But not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth...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....
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Selected Poetry

Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...too new, or old; Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth...conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire; 340 Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds; as some to church repair, J...
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Child Development and Learning 2-5 Years: Georgia's Story

Cath Arnold - Education - 1999 - 164 pages
...who writes down or films whatever happens. The focus is on the here and now. ANALYSING OBSERVATIONS But most by numbers judge a poet's song: And smooth or rough with them, is right or wrong: (Pope, 1985) what is considered 'normal' for most children of the same age (Oates, 1994). We must not...
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