 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)...  Poems - Side 183av William Cowper - 1806Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 422 sider
...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...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 - 1812 - 396 sider
...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...thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he time them, all their pow'r and use. Then neither heathy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompens'd... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 350 sider
...sight, Each tuned to harmony disposed aright; The screws reversed, a task which, if he please, Cod in a moment executes with ease, Ten thousand thousand...Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use." Farewell, MAR LETTER II. Yes — I believe I shall recover — There are morns in which the white mists... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 sider
...suppose, Forgery of fancy and a dream of woes. Man is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Each tuned to harmony disposed aright; The screws reversed, a task which, if he please, Godwin a moment executes with ease, Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune... | |
 | William Cowper - 1814 - 390 sider
...is an harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright; The screws rever'd (a task which if he please God in a moment executes with ease),. No Wounds like those a wounded Spirit feels. Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost,... | |
 | 1824 - 452 sider
...harp, whose chords eltide the sight, Each yielding harmony dispos'd aright: The screws revers'd, (n task which. If he please, God in a moment executes with ease,) Ten thousand thousand strings al once go loose, Lost, Hill he tune them, all their powV and use. No wouuds like those a wounded spirit... | |
 | Robert Pearse Gillies - 1815 - 100 sider
...suppose, Torgery of fancy and a dream of woes. Xan is a harp, whose chords elude the sight* Each tuned to harmony disposed aright ; The screws reversed, a task, which, if he please, God, ia a moment, exccutes with ewe, Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, -.-•.'., till te... | |
 | 1816 - 660 sider
...secret sway, And, like a summer brook, are passed away. * * * * * ' * » Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony, disposed aright;...Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use.' In the year 1781, he was deprived of the society of his only familiar associate, by the preferment... | |
 | 1816 - 654 sider
...secret sway, And, like a summer brook, are passed away. » • * * * * * * Man is a harp "whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony, disposed aright;...thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune theiri, all their power and use.' In the year 1781, he was deprived of the society of bis only familiar... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 230 sider
...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...thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune thorn, all their pow'r and use. Then neither heathy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompens'd the... | |
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