 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...the following verses : These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the o|wn vowels tire. While expletives their feeble aid do join. And ten low words oft creep ш one dull line. The gaping of the vowels in the second line, the expletive "do" in the third, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 pages
...bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their...music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire, While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1859 - 720 pages
...Allowable rhymes, bar, car, &c., err, prefer, and here, hear, &c., regular, singular, war, &c. Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their...repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. — PoPE. No monstrous height, or breadth, or length appear, The whole at once is bold and regular.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1859 - 504 pages
...Won aocua ac el ocnlo rubricam dirigat uno " Fin. Sat. L Who haunt Parnassus but to please their car, ors standing on the breezy shore, To dry their sweat, and wash away the gore, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire1 ; While expletives their feeble aid do join ; And ten low... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - Literary Criticism - 1976 - 164 pages
...the 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...some to Church repair, Not for the Doctrine, but the Musick there. The word 'numbers' for Pope and his contemporaries meant something very close to what... | |
 | Peter Kivy - Music - 1995 - 324 pages
...setting that tends to encourage and facilitate musical listening. (We all recall Pope's couplet: ". . . as some to Church repair,/ Not for the doctrine but the music there.'") But as pointless as it would be to argue the obvious, preach to the converted that Bach's church cantatas... | |
 | Stephen Adams - Poetry - 1997 - 260 pages
...By examining the examples, explain what Pope means by "open vowels," "expletives," and "low words": 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 Open vowels... | |
 | Mary Oliver - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 212 pages
...bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire, Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their...repair, Not for the doctrine but the music there. Though oft the ear the open vowels tire, While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...bright Muse though thousand charms 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 Not for the doctrine, but the music there. J These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...want of art. 8877 An Essay on Criticism Expresslon is the dress of thought. 8878 An Essay on Criticism this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and dis 8879 An Essay on Criticism True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who... | |
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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... 
