...ballgame," "over the moon." Pope famously satirized the cliches of poetasters in his ESSAY ON CRITICISM: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze". In the next line, it "whispers through the trees"; If crystal streams "with pleasing murmurs creep". The reader's threatened (not...

...While they ring round the same unvary'd chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes. Where-e'er you find 'the cooling western breeze', In the next...'whispers thro' the trees'; If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep', The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with 'sleep'. Night /tight /sight, death...

...else). Pope had acerbic things to say about the "sure Returns of still expected Rhymes": Where-e'er you find the cooling Western Breeze, In the next Line, it whispers thro' the Trees; If Chrystal Streams with pleasing Murmurs creep, The Reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with Sleep. (Essay...

...While they ring round the same unvary'd Chimes, With sure Returns of still expected Rhymes. Where-e'er you find the cooling Western Breeze, In the next Line, it whispers thro' the Trees: If chrystal Streams with pleasing Murmurs creep, The Reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with Sleep. Then,...