 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,)...  A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden ... - Page 221by Sir John Carr - 1806 - 330 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 330 pages
...dream of woes ; Man 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...loose* Lost till he tune them, all their power and use. Then neither heathy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompens'd the peasant's care, Nor soft declivities... | |
 | English literature - 1808 - 546 pages
...a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony, disposed aright ; The screws rcvers'd (a task which if he please God in a moment executes...Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use. COWPER The sun shone upon a new order of things. At seven o'clock the intelligence of the demise of... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 360 pages
...dispos'd aright ; The screws revers'd la task which if he please God in a moment executes with east), Ten thousand thousand strings at 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 - English poetry - 1810 - 312 pages
...dream of woes ; Man 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...loose, Lost till he tune them, all their power and use. Then neither heathy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompens'd the peasant's care, Nor soft declivities... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 422 pages
...dream of woes; Man 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...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 - 1810 - 390 pages
...dream of woes ; Man 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...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 - 1812 - 396 pages
...dream of woes; Man 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...thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he time them, all their pow'r and use. Then neither heathy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompens'd... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pages
...is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Each tuned to harmony disposed aright; The screws reversed, a task which, if he please, God in a moment executes...Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use.'' Farewell, MAK LETTER II. Yes — I believe I shall recover — There are morns in which the white mists... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 350 pages
...sight, Each tuned to harmony disposed aright; The screws reversed, a task which, if he please, Cod in a moment executes with ease, Ten thousand thousand...Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use." Farewell, MAR LETTER II. Yes — I believe I shall recover — There are morns in which the white mists... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 390 pages
...is an harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright; The screws rever'd (a task which if he please God in a moment executes with ease),. No Wounds like those a wounded Spirit feels. Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost,... | |
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