The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till waked and kindled by the master's spell ; And feeling hearts — touch them but rightly — pour A thousand melodies unheard before... Poems - Page 121by Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alfred Ainger - Poets, English - 1903 - 230 pages
...his sorrow. The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till waked to rapture by the master's spell ; And feeling hearts — touch them but rightly— pour A thousand melodies unheard before." It may be urged that Rogers exceeds in one direction as unjustifiably as Crabbe in the opposite. But... | |
| Hialmer Day Gould, Edward Louis Hessenmueller - Quotations, English - 1904 - 920 pages
...the present; but principles, like troops of the line, are undisturbed, and stand fast. — Richter. Feeling hearts, touch them but rightly, pour a thousand melodies unheard before. — Rogers. Fiction3^ is no longer a mere amusement; but transcendent genius, accomodating itself to... | |
| Helen Philbrook Patten - English poetry - 1905 - 344 pages
...Shakespeare. MUSIC The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till waked and kindled by the master's spell : And feeling hearts — touch them but rightly — pour A thousand melodies unheard before ! Samuel Rogers. MUSIC Griefs which the patient spirit oft may feel, Oh ! let me listen to thy songs... | |
| Ida Prentice Whitcomb - Music - 1908 - 534 pages
...century. ***** "The soul of music slumbers in the shell; Till waked and kindled by the master's spell; And feeling hearts — touch them but rightly — pour A thousand melodies unheard before!" — Rogers. XVII THE SINGING-OPERA BELLINI, 1802-1835 — DONIZETTI, 1798-1848 ROSSINI'S operas were... | |
| Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 788 pages
...deeper than all thought ; soul to souls can never teach what unto themselves was taught. — CVancft. erkeley. There are two things, cheap and common enough when separated, but as co — Rogers. nobleness and baseness lies in the question, whether the feeling begins from below 01 above.... | |
| Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 776 pages
...deeper than all thought ; soul to souls can never teach what unto themselves was taught. — Crunch. t ti r\0 — Rogers. nobleness and baseness lies in the question, whether the feeling begins from below ot above.—... | |
| Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1911 - 784 pages
...Melodies. On Musir. The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till wak'd and kindled by the master's spell. And feeling hearts — touch them but rightly — pour A thousand melodies unheard before. There is a sadness in sweet sound That quickens tears. 3420 TB Aldrich: Two Songs from the Persian... | |
| Alfred Hall - Christianity - 1915 - 260 pages
...abundantly. The soul of music slumbers in the shell Till waked and kindled by the master's spell ; And feeling hearts, touch them but rightly, pour A thousand melodies unheard before. Ethical Christianity holds to the Right of Private Judgment in matters of faith and doctrine, which... | |
| Orville O. Hiestand - Travel - 1922 - 420 pages
...mountain road. The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till waked and kindled by the master's spell, And feeling hearts — touch them but rightly — pour A thousand melodies unheard before. CHAPTER IX BOSTON What could be more delightful than a visit to Boston? Those motoring through the... | |
| Sohrab A. Calianiwala - Civilization - 1926 - 300 pages
...falls flat. " The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till waked and kindled by the master's spell ; And feeling hearts — touch them but rightly — pour A thousand melodies unheard before." • The first Indian musician, whose historical importance is unquestionable, is the celebrated poet... | |
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