THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies. Glimpses of a Strange World - Page 161by Henry Sandé Stollnitz - 1908 - 202 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Spalding - English literature - 1854 - 446 pages
...verse. His Iliad, it must be allowed, if it has the * WILLIAM COWPER. From " The Winter Watk at Noon.'" There is in souls a sympathy with sounds ; And, as...mind is pitch'd, the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave: Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us; and the heart... | |
| William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...The retired man vindicated from tha charge of uselessness. — Conclusion. THE WINTER WALK AT NOON. THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the...mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave} Koine chord in unison with what we hear THE WINTER WALK AT NOON. 327 is... | |
| William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...«vho aha II bring it to pass—The retired men vindicated from the charge of usolessness—Conclusion. THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is pitch'd, the ear is pleas'd With melting airs or martial, brisk, or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd... | |
| Francis Wayland - Philosophy - 1861 - 444 pages
...played in quick and in slow time. The effect of music on our emotions is thus admirably by Cowper : There is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is pitched, the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave. Some chord in unison with... | |
| Francis Wayland - Philosophy - 1854 - 436 pages
...quick and in slow time. The effect of music on our emotions is thus admirably described by Cowper : " There is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is pitched, the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave. Some chord in unison with... | |
| William Cowper - 1854 - 486 pages
...pass. The retired man vindicated from the charge of uselessness. Conclusion. THE WINTEE WALK AT NOON. THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is pitch' d the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave. Some chord in unison with... | |
| William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 pages
...The retired man vindicated from the charge of uselessness. Conclusion. THE WINTEE WALK AT NOON. THEEE is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is pitch' d the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave. Some chord in unison with... | |
| William Cowper - 1855 - 298 pages
...pass — The retired man vindicated from the charge of uselessn ess— Conclusion. m Sitttei Iklh ttt THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds ; And as...mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk, or grave : Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch' d within us, and the... | |
| William Cowper - 1855 - 798 pages
...brir§ it to pass — The retired man vindicated from the charge of uso. less neas — Conclusion. THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is pitch'd, tho car is pleas'd With melting airs or martial, brisk, or grave; Some chord in unison with what we... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...heard A kindred melody, the seene reeurs, And with it all its pleasures and its pains. Cowper's Task. There is in souls a sympathy with sounds, And as the mind is piteh'd, the ear is pleas'd With melting airs of martial, brisk or grave. Some ehord in unison with... | |
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