 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 92by Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1837 - 418 pages
...hundred pounds for the painted head of a beggar, who would threaten the living mendicant with the stocks. The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till waked...master's spell : And feeling hearts, touch them but lightly, pour A thousand melodies unheard before ! Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding ; that... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1839 - 510 pages
...wishes, all his thoughts inclined ; Still siihjecl — ever on the watch to borrow Mirth of his inirlh, and sorrow of his sorrow The soul of music slumbers...waked and kindled by the master's spell , And feeling hearls — (ouch them but rightly — pour •V thousand melodies unheard before! (16) Nor many moons... | |
 | Catharine Harbeson Waterman - Flower language - 1839 - 284 pages
...seem'st to be. ANON. Our sensibilities are so acute, The fear of being silent makes us mute. COWPER. The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till waked...master's spell ; And feeling hearts — touch them but lightly — pour A thousand melodies unheard before ! ROGERS. Oh ! life is a waste of wearisome hours,... | |
 | Periodicals - 1839 - 272 pages
...A poet of a kindred genius says, — The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till waked to rapture by the master's spell ; And feeling hearts — touch...rightly— pour A thousand melodies unheard before. There is probably no instrument which imitates the human voice, or appeals to human sympathies so well... | |
 | Album - 1841 - 158 pages
...eyes read his ; her gentle mind To all his wishes, all his thoughts inclined, Still subject — ever on the watch to borrow Mirth of his mirth, and 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 352 pages
...most beautiful in the presence of those they love ? It calls forth all their beauty. P. 94, 1. 19. And feeling hearts — touch them but rightly — -pour A thousand melodies unheard before ! Xenophon has left us a delightful instance of conjugal affection. The King of Armenia not fulfilling... | |
 | Malachi Mouldy (pseud.) - 1844 - 328 pages
...Pudens's heart, which awoke into thrilling energy emotions which had long lain dormant ; as poets fain — The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till waked and kindled by the master's shell. ROGERS. He stood gazing upon this trophy for some moments, and his eyes filled with tears as... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...eyes read his ; her gentle mind To all his wishes, all his thoughts inclin'd; Still subject — ever on the watch to borrow Mirth of his mirth, and sorrow...sorrow. 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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...the heart that is soonest a wak'd to ibeflowr't, Is always the first to be touched by the thorn». The soul of music — slumbers in the shell, Till...master's spell, And feeling hearts, (touch them but lightly,) pour A thousand melodies, unheard before. Wh«n all thin« have ihuir trial, you shall find,... | |
 | Charles P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 438 pages
...And the heart that H soonest a wak'd to the Jloiert, Is always the first to be touched by the tkonu. The soul of music — slumbers in the shell. Till...kindled, by the master's spell, And feeling hearts, (loach them but lightly,) pout A thousand melodies, unheard before. Whrn a'l thr.r* htir Ihrir 'ml,... | |
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