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'Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill, But of the two less dangerous is the offense To tire our patience than mislead our sense Some few in that but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss, A fool might once himself alone expose, Now one in verse makes many more in prose. TIS HARD TO SAY IF GREAT WANT OF SKILL APPEAR IN WRITING ON JUDGING ILL BUT OF THE TWO LESS DANGEROUS IS THE OFFENCE TO TIRE OUR PATIENCE THAN MISLEAD OUR SENSE SOME FEW IN THAT BUT NUMBERS ERR IN THESE TEN CENTS ARE WRONG FOR ONE WHO WRITES AMISS A FORE MIGHT WANT HIMSELF ALONE EXPOSE NONE ONE IN VERSE MAKES MANY MORE IN PROSE
 disguises, assertions, denials, and (we must add) misrepresentations would fill volumes. Yet when no disturbing jealousy vanity, or rivalry intervened was generous and affectionate, and he had a manly, independent spirit. As a poet he was deficient in originality and creative power, and thus was inferior to his prototype, Dryden, but as a literary artist, and brilliant declaimer satirist and moralizer in verse he is still unrivaled. He is the English Horace, and will as surely descend with honors to the latest posterity. AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM, WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1709 [The title, _An Essay on Criticism_ hardly indicates all that is included in the poem. It would have been impossible to give a full and exact idea of the art of poetical criticism without entering into the consideration of the art of poetry. Accordingly Pope has interwoven the precepts of both throughout the poem which might more properly have been styled an essay on the Art of Criticism and of Poetry.] * * * * * PART I.  PART ONE OF AN AESAY ON CRITICISM THIS IS A LIBER VOX RECORDING ALL LIBRAX RECORDINGS I IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION NOT TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBER VOX THAN ORK AN ASAY ON CRITICISM BY ALEXANDRO POPE PART ONE
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