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 Hell a fury like a woman scorned.