For there are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion, That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together. LongfellowCourtship of Miles Standish. Pt. VI. Priscilla. L. 12.
The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till wakd and kindled by the masters spell, And feeling hearts touch them but lightlypour A thousand melodies unheard before! Saml RogersHuman Life. L. 359.