"There is in souls a sympathy with sounds:……" — William Cowper
"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."
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William Cowper
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235 Quotes by William Cowper
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A noisy man is always in the right.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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No one was ever scolded out of their sins.
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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