Modern Parnassus; or, The New Art of Poetry
Modern Parnassus;
OR, THE
NEW ART OF POETRY,
A POEM,
DESIGNED TO SUPERSEDE THE RULES
OF ARISTOTLE, HORACE, LONGINUS,
VIDA, BOILEAU, AND POPE.
Et te, Phœbe, choris, et te dimittimus, Evan;
Tu quoque muta feræ, volucer Tegeæe, sonoræ
Terga premas: alios poscunt mea carmina cœtus.
Stat. Syl. lib. v, 2cl. 5.
Tu quoque muta feræ, volucer Tegeæe, sonoræ
Terga premas: alios poscunt mea carmina cœtus.
Stat. Syl. lib. v, 2cl. 5.
LONDON
PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON AND CO.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.
1814.
C. WOOD, Printer,
Poppin's Court, Fleet Street.
CONTENTS.
| Preface (not in original TOC) | vi. | |
| PART I. | ||
| PAGE. | ||
The Reformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
3 | |
| PART II. | ||
The New Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
15 | |
| PART III. | ||
Poetic Licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| PART IV. | ||
The Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| PART V. | ||
The Apology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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