 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)...  Childe Alarique: A Poet's Reverie - Page 3by Robert Pearse Gillies - 1815 - 88 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a 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 in a moment executes with ease), Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 226 pages
...Forgery of fancy, and a 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 in a moment executes with ease), Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 478 pages
...Forgery of fancy, and a 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 in a moment executes with ease), Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pages
...THE RUMINATOB. " '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 tuned...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... | |
 | 1816 - 654 pages
...brook, are passed away. » • * * * * * * 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,) Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune... | |
 | 1816 - 660 pages
...brook, are passed away. * * * * * ' * » 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, ) Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...Forgery of fancy, and a 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 * .'"li in a moment executes with ease), Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 196 pages
...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,) Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes ; Man is an harp whose cords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright ; The screws reversed (a task which if he please God in a moment executes with ease), Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1821 - 582 pages
...argue once, could jest or join the song. Man is a harp, whose chorda elude the sight, Each yielding harmony, disposed aright ; The screws reversed (a task, which if he please, God in a moment executes with ease) Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he Uine... | |
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