 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1848 - 588 sivua
...Roman ear was lesa nice and accurate than the Attic. Pope complains of the opposite extreme : — " But most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or rough with them is right or wrong." Essny, ii.] 265. Idcircone vager. The connection is this. "Because Roman poets are excused for lack... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 sivua
...vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday ; 330 POPE'S POETICAL WORKS. But most hy numhers judge a poet's song ; And smooth or rough, with them, is right or wrong: In the hright muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; 340 Who... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 sivua
...sword on high, And swear, for her — to live — with her — to die. Butmosi — 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 while. And if thou Btiid'st... | |
 | William Sloan Graham - 1849 - 292 sivua
...the music of his verse. Pope, also, the great master of "smooth" rhythm, taught the same doctrine, " But most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth...conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire." "Pis plain, the poet agrees with the "tuneful fools," in considering " smoothness" the essential quality... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 sivua
...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 or rough, with them, is right or wrong i : In the bright Muse, though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 sivua
...bounty blest, And Heav'n beholds its image in his breast. POPE. CHAPTER XVII. ON VERSIFICATION. MANY by Numbers judge a Poet's song ; And smooth or rough,...ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair, These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives their... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 sivua
...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 - 1852 - 570 sivua
...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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 326 sivua
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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. These equal syllables alone require, Tho... 
