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While, at each change, the son of Libyan Jove [376] Now burns with glory, and then melts with love; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow, Now sighs steal out, and tears begin to flow: Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found, And the world's victor stood subdued by sound? [381] The power of music all our hearts allow, And what Timotheus was, is Dryden now. WHILE AT EACH CHANCE THE SON OF LIBYA AND JOVIE NOW BURNS WITH GLORY AND THEN MELTS WITH LOVE NOW HIS FIERCE EYES WITH SPARKLING FIRRY GLOW NOW INCISE STEALS OUT AND TEARS BEGIN TO FLOW PERSIANS AND GREEKS LIKE TURNS OF NATURE FOUND AND THE WORLD'S PICTURES STOOD SUBDUED BY SOUND THE POWER OF MUSIC ALL OUR HEARTS ALLOW AND WHAT TIMIDUS WAS IS THREATENED NOW
ng thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song [356] That, like a wounded snake drags its slow length along. Leave such to tune their own dull rhymes, and know What's roundly smooth or languishingly slow; And praise the easy vigor of a line, Where Denham's strength, and Waller's sweetness join. [361] True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, [366] And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows, But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar, When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labors, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. [373] Hear how Timotheus' varied lays surprise, [374] And bid alternate passions fall and rise! TH SLEEP THEN AT THE LAST AND ONLY COUPLET FROUGHT WITH SOME UNMEANING THING THEY CALL A THOUGHT A NEEDLESS ALEXANDRIAN ENDS THE SONG THAT LIKE A WOUNDED SNAKE DRAGS ITS SLOW STRENGTH ALONG LEAVES SUCH TO TUNE THEIR OWN DOLL RUNS AND KNOW WHAT'S ROUNDLY SMOOTH OR LANGUISHINGLY SLOW AND PRAISE THE EASY VIRGER OF A LINE WHERE DUNDRUM STRENGTH AND WALLER'S SWEETNESS JOIN TRUE EASE IN WRITIN COMES FROM ART NOT CHANCE AS THOSE MOVE EASIEST WHO HAVE LEARNED TO DANCE TIS NOT ENOUGH NOR HARSHNESS GIVES OFFEND THE SOUND MUST SEEM AN ECHO TO THE SENSE SOFT IS THE STRAIN WHEN ZIPPIER GENTLY BLOWS AND THE SMOOTH STREAM IN SMOOTHER NUMBERS FLOW BUT WHEN LOUD SURGES LASH THE SOUNDING SHORE THE HOARSE ROUGH VERSE SHOULD LIKE TORRENT ROAR WHEN AJECT STRIVES SOME ROCK'S VAST WAY TO THROW THE LION TO LABORS AND THE WORDS MOVE SLOW NOT SO WHEN SWIFT CAME SCORES THE PLAIN FLIES OVER THE UNBENDING CORN AND SCHEMES ALONG THE MAIN HERE HOW TIMOTHIA'S BURIED LAY SURPRISE UNTIL ALTERNATE PASSIONS FALL AND RISE
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