 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 - Page 126by Adams Sherman Hill - 1895 - 431 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 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 harmony, disposed aright, The serews reversed, (a task which if he please God in a moment exeeutes with ease) Ten thousand thousand... | |
 | Chauncy Hare Townshend - 1840 - 430 pages
...can befal a human being. Perhaps, those beautiful lines of Cowper may occur to your recollection : Man is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony, disposed aright. The screws revers'd—a task, which, if he please, God in a moment executes with ease— At once ten thousand... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 362 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...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 - 1841 - 456 pages
...that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes ; Man is a harp, whose chords ebide the sight. Each yielding harmony disposed aright ;...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 - 1841 - 260 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... | |
 | Thomas Simpson, Alexander Simpson - 1843 - 458 pages
...acknowledge that the decrees of God are inscrutable to mortals, and join in these beautiful lines of Cowper : Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright : The chords reversed (a task which, if He please, God in a moment executes with ease,) Ten thousand thousand... | |
 | 1845 - 558 pages
...hand upon him. " '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...Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use." COWPER. How many immured within the walls of this asylum have learned this truth by sad experience... | |
 | Alexander Simpson - 1845 - 450 pages
...' Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright — The chords reversed, (a task which if He please, God, in a moment,...Lost, till He tune them, all their power and use.' " A close scrutiny of the statements made by one of the survivors of my brother's party, (from the... | |
 | 1845 - 484 pages
...elude the sight, Kach yielding harmony disposed aright ; The screws reversed, (a task which, if lie please, God in a moment executes with ease,) Ten thousand...Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use." The faction of the dukes once more assumed the reins of power. Burgundy menaced the constable, who fled... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...a harp, whose chords elude the sight j Each yielding harmony, disposed aright: The screws reversed, Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, —...Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use. I have read the instructed volume, Of human nature; there, long since, have learned, The way— to... | |
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