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" 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 Works of William Cowper: The life of William Cowper. Letters, 1765-1783 - Page 87
by William Cowper - 1835
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Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 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...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - English poetry - 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,...
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The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, Esqr: With an ..., Volume 1

William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 450 pages
...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...
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A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden ...

Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 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...
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A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden ...

Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 526 pages
...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),...
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A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden ...

Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 320 pages
...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),...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 3

William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 226 pages
...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...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...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...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...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...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 478 pages
...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...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...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1806 - 310 pages
...as heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes; Man is an harp whosc'chords elude 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 saft declivities...
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