 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1852 - 364 pages
...appropriateness of expression. The follo.'/ing is one of the most admired passages in this poem : " But most by numbers judge a poet's song ; And smooth...tuneful fools admire. Who haunt Parnassus but to please the ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there.... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - English literature - 1852 - 570 pages
...new or old: JBe not the first by whom the new are tried, 135 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 ; 140 Who haunt Parnassus2 but to please the ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair,... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...mother, That he might not, beteem the winds of heaven, Visit her face too roughly. Shakspere. Most by the numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong. Pope. A surly boatman, rough as seas and wind. Prior. EUMOUE. RUMOUR is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...on high, And swear for Iter — to live — with her — to die. But most — by numbers judge the poet's song ; And smooth or rough, with them is — right or wrong. He said ; then full before their sight Produced the beast, and lo ! — 'twas white. QUESTIONS. —... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1854 - 154 pages
...same shall be ; That soul, which can immortal glory give To her own virtues, must for ever live. 7. But most by numbers judge a poet's song; And smooth...tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to please the ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there.... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1855 - 468 pages
...swimming movements should be instinct with the spirit of song and of passion. RHYME NOT POETRY. MOST men by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong : 1n the bright muse, tho' thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pages
...his Humour.' But most by numbers judge a poet's song f ' 337 And smooth or rough, with them, is righf or wrong : In the bright Muse, though thousand charms...fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their eajv' Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair,Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...Fungoso : ' see Ben Johnson's ' Every Han in his Humour.1 But most by numbers judge a poet's song ; 337 And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong...the bright Muse, though thousand charms conspire, Tier voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...circulate." See Foster's " Essays," p. 252, where may he found a masterly description of mock eloquence. But most by Numbers^ judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough, witn them, is right or wrong ; In the bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...often find unsought ? Tell me, and I will tell thee what is truth. 4. HARMONY OP EXPRESSION. — Pope. But most by numbers judge a poet's song ; And smooth...voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus11 but to please their ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, Not for the doctrine,... | |
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