The place is dignified by the doer’s deed.—All’s Well that Ends Well, II. 3.
Let rusty steel a while be sheathed,
And all those harsh and rugged sounds
Of bastinadoes, cuts, and wounds,
Exchanged to love’s more gentle style.—Hudibras, P. II. c. 1.
Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings,
Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.—Richard III, I. 1.
The military figure of Shakspeare’s musical lines,—