Music has charms to soothe a ...

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.
 William Congreve

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Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd.
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Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, And black despair succeeds brown study.
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