 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,)...  The Principles of Rhetoric and Their Application - Page 96by Adams Sherman Hill - 1878 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 372 pages
...a sacred thing. '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, dispos'd aright ; The screws revers'd (a task, which, if He please, God, in a moment, executes with... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 394 pages
...a broken heart. '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...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... | |
 | 1852 - 1000 pages
...elude the tight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright; The screws reverted (a task which if he plcue God in a moment executes with ease), Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tunes them, all their power and use." COWPBB, WB discover on every side of UB melancholy confirmation*... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1836 - 388 pages
...sacred thing. 'Tis not, as heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes. j 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, (Tod, in a moment, executes with... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1836 - 384 pages
...a sacred thing. "fis 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, dispos'd aright ; The screws revers'd (a task, which, if He please, (rod. in a moment, executes with... | |
 | 1837 - 628 pages
...poor Cowper : — Tis not, as heads that never acbe suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes. Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding...screws reversed,- — a task which, if he please, God ¡D a moment executes with ease, 532 The Nature of Future Punishment. -Ten thousand thousand strings... | |
 | Baptists - 1837 - 624 pages
...о moment executes with ease. 53-2 The Nature of Future Punishment. Ten thousand thousand strings ut once go loose, Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use. — No grounds like those a wounded spirit feels, Xo cure for such, till God, who makes them, heals."... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...a broken heart. 'Tis not, as heads that never ache suppose, Forg'ry of fancy, and a 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 in a moment executes with ease),... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1838 - 400 pages
...sway, And, like a summer brook, are past away. — Retirement. And the next is still more affecting : Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding...God in a moment executes with ease,) Ten thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till He tune them, all their power of use. Then neither healthy wilds... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1839 - 322 pages
...Lord of Hosts, — the God of wisdom, grace, and consolation? I LESSON CXLIII. The Wounded Spirit. 1. MAN is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Each...Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use. 2. Then neither healthy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompensed the peasant's care, Nor soft... | |
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