 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
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 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 - 1826 - 264 pages
...VOL. I. 14 Man is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, 325 Each yielding harmony dispos'd aright ; The screws revers'd, (a task which if he please God...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 - English poetry - 1826 - 262 pages
...; VOL I 14 Man is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, 395 Each yielding harmony dispos'd aright ; The screws revers'd, (a task which if he please God...moment executes with ease,) Ten thousand thousand springs at once go loose, Lost, till ho tune them, all their power and use. 339 Then neither heathy... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 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 healthy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompens'd the peasant's care,... | |
 | Moral and sacred poetry - 1829 - 326 pages
...elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright ; The screws reversed (a task which if he plta.e God in a moment executes with ease,) Ten thousand...Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use. Then neither heathy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompensed the peasant's care, Nor soft declivities... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Asa Cummings - Clergy - 1830 - 460 pages
...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...Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use." " No wounds like those a wounded spirit feels, No cure for such, till God, who makes them, heals."... | |
 | Asa Cummings - 1830 - 530 pages
...a harp, whose cords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony, disposed aright ; The serews reversed, (a task, which, if he please, God in a moment executes...Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use.' ' No wounds like those a wounded spirit feels, No cure for such, till God who made them, heals.' And... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1830 - 374 pages
...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...Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use. Then neither heathy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompensed the peasant's care, Nor soft declivities... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 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,...once go loose, Lost, till he tune them, all their pow'r and use. Then neither healthy wilds, nor scenes as fair A* ever recompens'd the peasant's care,... | |
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