William Congreve (1670 - 1729)

English playwright and poet

• "Heav'n has no rage like love to hatred turn'd
  Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd."
  • Notes: attributed, from his play The Mourning Bride, first produced in 1697.

• "Music has charms to soothe a savage breast."
  • Notes: attributed, from his play The Mourning Bride, first produced in 1697.