Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast,

To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

William Congreve (1670-1729): The Mourning Bride. Act i. Sc. 1.

Father of all! in every age,

In every clime adored,

By saint, by savage, and by sage,

Jehovah, Jove, or Lord.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Universal Prayer. Stanza 1.

I am as free as Nature first made man,

Ere the base laws of servitude began,

When wild in woods the noble savage ran.

John Dryden (1631-1701): The Conquest of Granada. Part i. Act i. Sc. 1.

I will take some savage woman, she shall rear my dusky race.

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): Locksley Hall. Line 168.