...but the mufic there. Thefe equal fyllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire; 345 While expletives their feeble aid do join ; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line : COMMENTARY. varied in compliance to the fubjefl, where the found becomes an echo to the fenfe, fo...

...mufic there. •* Thefe equal fyllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire ; 345 While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten...expefted rhymes; Where'er you find " the cooling weftern breeze," In the next line, it " whifpers thro' the trees:" If cryftal ftreams " with pleafing murmurs...

...the ear the open vowels tire ; 345 While 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 expected rhymes ; Where-e'er you find " the cooling weftern breeze," Irwhe next line, it " whifpers...

...but the mufic there. Thefe equal fyllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire ; 345 While expletives their feeble aid do join ; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line : COMMENTARY. •varied in compliance to \htfubjefl, where the found becomes an echo to thefenfe, fo...

...lib. iv. Vide etiam ^uintil. lib. vs.. ,.4. P. IMITATIONS. VER. 346. While expletives their feehle aid do join^ And ten low words oft creep in one dull line :] Front' Dryden. " He creeps along with ten little words in every hner *' and helps out his numbers...

...bat the mufic there. Thefe equal fyllables 'aldrie require, Tho' oft the ear the open' Vowels tire : While expletives their feeble aid do join ; And ten...While they ring round the fame unvary'd chimes, With fufe ittuThs of ftill expefted rhymes ; Where'er you find " the' dboling weftern breeze," In the next...

...meafure. Thefe two laft faults Mr. Pope has taken notice of, and exemplified in the following verfes : While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. Take care likewife not to end a verfe with an adjeflive, whofe fubftamive begins the next verfe ; and...

...but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire, 345 While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten...creep in one dull line; While .they ring round the same unvary'd chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find the "cooling western...

...alone require, Tho' oft' the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives their feeble aid do joinj And ten low words oft' creep in one dull line ; While they ring round the fame unvary'd chimes, 350 With fure returns of ftill-expefted rhymes. Where-e'er-you find the coofing wejiern breeze, In...

...his verles are lame, others hobble on with a very uncouth gait, and too frequently, as Pope fays, " Expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten low words oft' creep in one dull line." Says Juvenal, in one of his fatires ; Facit indignatio 1'crfum otej{, This perhaps is applicable to...