“If the heart of a man is depressed with cares,
The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears;
Like the notes of a fiddle, she sweetly, sweetly
Raises the spirits, and charms our ears.”

—  John Gay

Act II, sc. iii, air 21
The Beggar's Opera (1728)

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English poet and playwright 1685–1732

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