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" Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line, While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes, Where'er you find "the cooling... "
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions ... - Page 112
by Alexander Pope - 1804 - 754 pages
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The Spectator, Volume 4

1738 - 310 pages
...has the following Verfes. Thefe Equal Syllables alone require, The1 oft the Ear the open Vowels tire, While Expletives their feeble Aid do join, And ten low Words oft creep in sne dull Line. THE gaping of the Vowels in the fecond Line, the Expletive do in the third, and the...
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The Spectator: ...

1737 - 314 pages
...infipid Smoothnefs which fome Readers are fo much in Love with, he has the following Verfes. Thefe Equal Syllables alone require, Tho* oft the Ear the open Vowels tire, While Expletives their feeble Aid do join, And ten lo.w Words oft creep inone dull Line\ TH E gaping...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 1

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - Poets, English - 1745 - 392 pages
...Ear, Not mend their Minds : Asfome to Church repair, Not for the Doctrine, but the Mufick there. Thefe equal Syllables alone require, - , Tho' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire ; • --• While Expletives their feeble Aid do join ; • '-- Andierr low Words oft creep in one...
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Juvenile poems

Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pages
...thing reprefented. A fecond and noNOTES. VER. 337. But moj) hy numher; , etc.] Thefe equal fyllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire...expletives their feeble aid do join ; And ten low words 6ft creep in one dull line ; While they ring round the fame unvary'd chimes, With fure returns of ftill...
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Lepidoptera Britannica;: sistens digestionem novam insectorum Lepidopterorum ...

Adrian Hardy Haworth - Lepidoptera - 1803 - 430 pages
...them exactly necessary to elucidate this subject, I cannot refrain from transcribing in this place. These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire, While expletives \hf\T fetbie aid do join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. Soft is the...
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Select British Classics, Volume 14

English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...the insipid smoothness which some readers are so much in love with, he has the following verses. " These equal syllables alone require, • • Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire, " While expletives their feeble aid tin join, " And ten low words oft creep in one dull line." The...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...bright Muse tho' thousand charms conspire , Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; 'Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear , . Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair y Not for the doctrine , but the music there. ) These equal syllables alone require , Tho' oft the...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...the insipid smoothness which some readers are so much in love with, he lias the following verses : These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire, While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. in the fourth,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Memoirs of the life and writings of Pope ...

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 550 pages
...minds ; as fome to church repair, C Not for the doctrine, but the mnlic there. J Thefe equal fyllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire ; 345 While expletives their feeble aid do join j And ten low words oft creep in one dull line : While NOTES. In truth, Shakefpear's language is one...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, 1 Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, " % Not for the doctrine, but the music there, J These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives their...
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