 Tis not, as heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes ; Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony, disposed aright ; The screws reversed (a task which if He please God in a moment executes with ease)...  Poems - Page 183by William Cowper - 1806Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes ; Man is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright...with ease), Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loos<*, Lost till he tune them, all their power and use. Then neither healthy wilds, nor scenes as... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony dispos'd aright ; The screws revers'd (a task which, if he please, God in a moment executes...once go loose, Lost, till he tune them, all their pow'r and use. Then neither healthy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompens'd the peasant's care,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1824 - 470 pages
...is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony dispos'd aright ; The screws revers'd (a task which, if he please, God in a moment executes...once go loose, Lost, till he tune them, all their pow'r and use. o 2 Then neither healthy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompens'd the peasant's... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...harmony disposed adght; The screws reversed (a task which, if he pleaso, God in л moment exécutée with ease,) Ten thousand thousand strings at once...he tune them, all their power and use. Then neither heath? wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompensed the j*asant's care, Nor soft declivities with... | |
 | Solomon Piggott - Suicide - 1824 - 422 pages
...isa harpwhose chords elude the sight — Each yielding harmony, dispos'd aright ; The screws revers'd (a task which, if He please, God in a moment executes with case), Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose — Lost, till He turn them, nil their power... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes ; • Man is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Kach yielding harmony disposed aright ; The screws reversed...he tune them, all their power and use. Then neither healthy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompensed the peasant's care, Nor soft declivities with... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony dispos'd aright; The screws revers'd (a task which, if he please, God in a moment executes...once go loose, Lost, till he tune them, all their pow'r and use. Then neither heathy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompens'd the peasant's care,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 264 pages
...harp, whose chords elude the sight, 325 Each yielding harmony dispos'd aright ; The screws revers'd, (a task which if he please God in a moment executes with ease,) Ten thousand thousand springs at once go loose, Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use. 330 Then neither heathy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony dispos'd aright ; The screws revers'd (a task which, if he please, God in a moment executes...once go loose; Lost, till he tune them, all their pow'r and use. Then neither healthy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompens'd the peasant's care,... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright; Thescrewsreversed (a task which if he please God in a moment executes...thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he time them, all their power and use. Then neither heathy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompensed... | |
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