‘Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at…

‘Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

Sourced, Love for Love (1695)

Act V, scene iii.

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Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.
I’ve read, that things inanimate have mov’d,
And, as with living Souls, have been inform’d,
By Magick Numbers and persuasive Sound.
What then am I? Am I more senseless grown
Than Trees, or Flint? O force of constant Woe!
‘Tis not in Harmony to calm my Griefs.
Anselmo sleeps, and is at Peace; last Night
The silent Tomb receiv’d the good Old King;
He and his Sorrows now are safely lodg’d
Within its cold, but hospitable Bosom.
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The base Injustice thou hast done my Love:
Yes, thou shalt know, spite of thy past Distress,
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