 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 lehte
...Drydfit. Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that things inanimate have moved, And as with living souls have been inform'd By magic numbers and persuasive sound. Congrei't. There is a charm, a power, that sways the breast ; Bids... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 lehte
...Passions. Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that things inanimate have moved, And as with living souls have been inform'd By magic numbers and persuasive sound. CONGREVE. The example of the heav'nly lark, Thy fellow-poet, Cowley,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 lehte
...quoted : Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I 've read that things inanimate have moved, And, as with living souls, have been informed By magic numbers and persuasive sound. Dr. Johnson considered the following extract as forming... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - 1881 - 744 lehte
...MUSIC. Music has charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks and bend a knotted oak : I've read that things inanimate have moved, And, as with living souls, have been inform'd By magic numbers and persuasive sound. 2. DELAY. Defer not till tomorrow to be wise : Tomorrow's sun to... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 lehte
...Line 1. Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak ; I've read ing. Act IV. Sc. 1. A land of levity is a land of guilt. d. YOUNO— Night Thoughts. magic numbers and persuasive sound. n. CONOBEVE — The Mourning Bride. Act I. Sc. 1. The soft complaining... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 lehte
...MUSIC 405 Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that things inanimate have moved, And, as with living souls, have been inform'd, By magic numbers and persuasive sound. a. CONGREVE — The Mourning Bride. Act I. Sc. 1. With melting... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 lehte
...has charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that thmgs inanimate have moved, And as with living souls have been inform'd By magic numbers and persuasive sound. CON*;REYE. The example of the heav'nly lark, Thy fellow-poet, Cowley,... | |
 | 1897 - 308 lehte
...II. Music hath charmes to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that things inanimate have moved, And, as with living souls, have been inform'd By magic numbers and persuasive sound. — Congreve. 'I he Mourning Bride (Almeria), Act /., Sc. I. Men... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 lehte
...II. " Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that things inanimate have moved, And, as with living souls, have been inform 'd By magic numbers and persuasive sound." CONGREVE. The Mourning Bride (Almeria), Act /., Sc.... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 444 lehte
...ALHEKIA. Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I 've read that things inanimate have moved, And, as with living souls, have been informed, By magic numbers and persuasive sound. What then am I ? Am I more senseless grown Than trees... | |
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Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that things inanimate have moved, And, as with living souls, have been informed, By magic numbers and persuasive sound. 
