Part 54 (1/2)
WILLIAM CONGREVE.
1669-1729.
_The Mourning Bride_. Act i. Sc. 1.
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast.
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
By magic numbers and persuasive sound.
Act iii. Sc. 1.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor h.e.l.l a fury like a woman scorned.
ALEXANDER POPE.
1688-1744.
ESSAY ON MAN.
Epistle i. Line 5.
Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan.
Line 13.
Eye nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise.
Line 88.
A hero perish or a sparrow fall.
Line 95.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never _is_, but always _to be_ blest.
Line 99.
Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees G.o.d in clouds, or hears him in the wind.
Line 200.