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...new or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the whole aside. But ; 340 Who haunt Parnassus but to please their ear, Not mend their minds ; as some to church repair,...

...nor Critics' pass, As heavy mules' are neither horse' nor ass'. POPE. 41 HARMONY OF EXPRESSION. BUT most by numbers judge a poet's song ; And smooth or...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...

...or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried, 335 Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers judge a poet's song, And smooth or...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,...

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...a happy appropriateness of expression. The following is one of the most admired passages : — But most by numbers judge a poet's song; And smooth or...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....

...a happy appropriateness of expression. The following is one of the most admired passages : — But most by numbers judge a poet's song; And smooth or...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....

...a happy appropriateness of expression. The following is one of the most admired passages : — But most by numbers judge a poet's song ; And smooth or...right or wrong: In the bright muse though thousand charma conspire, Her voice is all these tuneful fools admire. Who haunt Parnassus but to please the...

...immortal glory give To her own virtues, must for ever live. 7. But most by numbers judge a poet's song; In the bright muse, though thousand charms conspire,...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....

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