 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 Pamphleteer - Page 577edited by - 1821Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...is an 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...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 - 1803 - 310 pages
...is an 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 Hayley - 1803 - 450 pages
...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 case ; ) • Ten thousand, thousand strings at once go loose ; Lost, till He tune them, all their paw'... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 526 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 314 pages
...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...Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use. CoWPEE. The sun shone upon a new order of things. At seven o'clock the intelligence of the demise of... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 230 pages
...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...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, healsT And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...dream of woes; Man is an harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright; The screws reversed (a task which if he please God...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 310 pages
...dream of woes; Man is an harp whosc'chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright; The screws reversed (a task which if he please God...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 saft declivities... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 226 pages
...dream of woes ; Man is an harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright ; The screws reversed (a task which if he please God...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 394 pages
...a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony, dispos'd aright ; The screws rcvers'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. C 2 HQ wounds like those, a wounded spirit fsels; No cure for such, 'till God, who makes... | |
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