 | 1766 - 128 lapas
...savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that things inanimate have mov'd, And as with living souls have been inform'd, By magic numbers and persuasive sound. What, then, am I ? Am I more senseless grown Than trees or flint! 0 force of constant woe ! 'Tis not... | |
 | John Bell - 1791 - 294 lapas
...savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read, that things inanimate have mov'd, And, as with living souls, have been inform'd By magic numbers and persuasive sound. What then am I ? Am I more senseless grown i Than trees or flint ? O, force of constant woel 'Tis not... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 462 lapas
...savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read, that things inanimate have mov'd, And, as with living souls, have been inform'd By magic numbers and persuasive sound. What then am I ? Am I more senseless grown Than trees or flint ? O, force of constant woe! 'Tis not... | |
 | 1804 - 516 lapas
...Alm. Music has chnrms to sooth a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've rend, that things inanimate have moved, And, as with living souls, have been informed Jiy magic numbers and persuasive sound. What then am I ? Am I more senseless grown Than trees... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 372 lapas
...savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read, that things inanimate have mov'd, And, as with living souls, have been inform'd By magic numbers and persuasive sound. What then am 1 ? Am I more senseless grown Than trees or flint ? O, force of constant woe! 'Tis not... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 712 lapas
...contes forward. A 1m. 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 informed By magic numbers and persuasive sound. What then am I ? Am I more senseless grown Than trees... | |
 | 1872 - 1200 lapas
...Bride : " — " Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend the knotted oak. I've read, that things inanimate have moved, And,...inform'd, By magic numbers and persuasive sound." The allusion here is to Ovid's descriptien of Orpheus taming wild beasts and moving rocks and trees... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 lapas
...Orpheus, Amphion, and Arion, charmed all nature with their powers ; even — Things inanimate have mov'd, And, as with living souls, have been inform'd By magic numbers and persuasive sounds. Music, divine Music, has the power of dispeHing most diseases of the mind, and is a sovereign... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1824 - 378 lapas
...and rest. The harps of Orpheus, Amphion, and Arion, charmed all nature with their powers : even . . Things inanimate have moved, And, as with living souls,...have been inform'd By mAgic numbers and persuasive sounds, Music, divine music, besides the excellent powers it possesses of expelling many other diseases,... | |
 | George Crabb - 1826 - 768 lapas
...disturb the rest and composure either of the body or mind ; I've read that things inanimate have mov'd, And as with living souls have been inform'd, By magic numbers and persuasive sounds. CONGBEVS. At first the groves are scarcely seen to stir. THOMSON. Hence the term stir is employed... | |
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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. 
