...meafure, needs not rime. ANDREW MARVEL. THE THE VERSE. THE meafure is Englifh heroic verfe without rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin j rime being no necefiary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verfe, in longer works efpecially,...

...meafure, needs not rime. ANDREW MARVEL. g 2 THE THEVERSE. TH E meafure is English heroic vcrfe without rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin ; rime being no ncceflary adjundt or true ornament of poem or good vcrfe, in longer works efpecially, but the invention...

...reafon prefixed to that edition w£ are thus informed : " The meafure is Englifh heroic verfe without rime, as that of Ho.mer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin, producing that true mufical delight, which confifts only in apt numbers, fit quantity of fyllables,...

...measure, needs not rhyme. ANDREW MARvEL. THE VERSE. THE measure isEnglish heroic verse without rhyme, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin; rime being no necessary adjunft or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a...

...BOYD. * See Book r. and vi. PARADISE LOST. THE VERSE. [A] THE meafure is Englifh heroick verfe without rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin ; rime being no neceflary adjunct, or true ornament, of poem or good verfe, in longer works efpecially, but the invention...

...measure is English heroic verse without rhyme, as that of Homer in Creek, and of Virgil in Latin : rhyme being no necessary adjunct, or true ornament of poem...metre; graced indeed since by the use of some famous modem poets, carried away by custom, but much to their own vexation, hindrance, and constraint to express...

...measure is English heroic verse without rhyme, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin; rhyme being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem...especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set ofT wretched matter anil iame metre ; graced, indeed, since, by the use of some famous modern poets,...

...a narrative poem. M j'i. Rhyme is no necessary ad. junct or true ornament of good verse; it is hut the invention of a barbarous age., to set off wretched matter and lame metre. AV,.<. Then this is an experiment of thine, is it not ? Mil. In some measure — for true it is, that...

...rhymes in a narrative poem. Mil. Rhyme is no necessary adjunct or true ornament of good verse; it is but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off' wretched matter and lame metre. Elw. Then this is an experiment of thine, is it not ? Mil. In some measure — for true it is, that...

...rhymes in a narrative poem. Mil. Rhyme is no necessary adjunct or true ornament of good verse; it is but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre. Elw. Then this is an experiment of thine, is it not ? Mil. In some measure — for true it is, that...