Note 163 — AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM.
Reading edition
Quis populi sermo est? quis enim? nisi carmina molli Nunc demum numero fluere, ut per læve severos Effundat junctura ungues: scit tendere versum Non secus ac si oculo rubricam dirigat uno.—Pers., Sat. i.—Pope.
Garth in the Dispensary:
Harsh words, though pertinent, uncouth appear; None please the fancy who offend the ear.