 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,)...  Life and works of William Cowper - Sida 315efter William Cowper - 1836Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 sidor
...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...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 with... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 310 sidor
...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 sidor
...a sacred thing. 'Tis not, as heads that never ach, 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 case... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 230 sidor
...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... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 314 sidor
...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... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 526 sidor
...spun, and snapped it. 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 ease),... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 320 sidor
...and snapped it. '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 ease),... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 478 sidor
...heart. 'Tis not, as heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes; Man is an harp, whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding...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 with... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 226 sidor
...heart. 'Tis not, as heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes ; Man is an harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony...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 with... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 sidor
...heart.. , • Tis not, as heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes; Man is an harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony...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 with... | |
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