 | Alexander Pope - 1851 - 328 pages
...rough with them is right or wrong : In the bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, •. Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire ; Who haunt Parnassus...'tire, While expletives their feeble aid do join, I And ten low words oft creep in one dull line : While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With... | |
 | Gay Wilson Allen, Harry Hayden Clark - Literary Criticism - 1962 - 676 pages
...the 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...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 western... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...the Musick there. J These Equal Syllables alone require, Tho' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire, 345 While Expletives their feeble Aid do join, And ten...While they ring round the same unvary'd Chimes, With sure Returns of still expected Rhymes. Where-e'er you find the cooling Western Breeze, 350 In the next... | |
 | Yasmine Gooneratne - Literary Criticism - 1976 - 164 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Stephen Adams - Poetry - 1997 - 260 pages
...Pope means by "open vowels," "expletives," and "low words": These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives...join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line Open vowels are initial vowels that produce an unattractive glottal pop. Expletives are words like... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1998 - 260 pages
...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...creep in one dull line; While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes. Where-e'er you find 'the cooling western... | |
 | Mary Oliver - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 212 pages
...rough, with them, is right or wrong; In the bright Muse though thousand charms conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire, Who haunt Parnassus...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... | |
 | Greg Harkin - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 340 pages
...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...some to Church repair, Not for the Doctrine, but the Mustck there. These Equal Syllables alone require, Tho' oft the Ear the open Vowels tire, While Expletives... | |
 | Nancy Bogen - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 426 pages
...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...repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. Note how the unity of the lines "In the bright Muse tho' thousand charms conspire, / Her Voice is all... | |
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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... 
