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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)... "
Poems - Page 183
by William Cowper - 1806
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Pride and Irresolution: A New Series of The Discipline of Life, Volume 1

Lady Emily Ponsonby - 1850 - 302 pages
...to regain it again. Cowper's lines were especially applicable to him— " Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright; The screws reversed .... A thousand thousand strings at once go loose." The ill-humour which had been, partly at least, wilful...
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Pride and Irresolution: A New Series of The Discipline of Life, Volume 1

Lady Emily Ponsonby - 1850 - 302 pages
...to regain it again. Cowper's lines were especially applicable to him— " Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright; The screws reversed .... A thousand thousand strings at once go loose." The ill-humour which had been, partly at least, wilful...
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Susan Greville; or, Irresolution

Lady Emily Ponsonby - 1850 - 304 pages
...regain it again. Cowper's lines were especially applicable to him — " Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright; The screws reversed .... A thousand thousand strings at once go loose." The ill-humour which had been, partly at least, wilful...
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The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never ...

William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes ; Man is a harp, whose chords of new. Now hoist the sail, and let the streamers...That no rude savour maritime invade The noee of nic J_iost, till he tune them, all their power and use. Then neither heathy wilds, nor scenes as fair As...
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The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never ...

William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...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...if he please, God in a moment executes with ease,) Ttn thousand thousand strings at once go loose, List, till he tune them, all their power and use. Then...
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Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Issues 22-44

New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - 1851 - 790 pages
...if, A harp, whose chords elude the sight Each yielding harmony, disposed aright. The screws reyeraed! (A task, which if he please, God in a moment executes with ease,) Ten thousand times ten thousand strings go loose; Lost, till Hi- tune them, all their power and use." Dr.,Forster...
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Annual Report and Documents of the New York Institution for the ..., Volume 32

New-York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb - 1851 - 274 pages
...brought into activ<> exercise. " The mind," says Cowper, " Is, A harp, whose chords elude (he light Each yielding harmony, disposed aright. The screws reversed! (A task, which if he please, Cotl in a moment executes with ease,) Ten thousand times ten thousand strings go loose; Lost, till...
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The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First ...

William Cowper - 1851 - 790 pages
...by an almighty Physician, are beautifully and affectionately described. Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony, disposed aright ; The screws reversed (a task which il he please God in a moment executes with ease), fr.n thousand thousand strings at once go loose,...
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Poems: With a Biographical and Critical Introduction, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1852 - 466 pages
...fancy, and a dream of woes ; Man is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony dispos'd aright ; The screws reversed, (a task which, if he...Then neither heathy wilds, nor scenes as fair As ever recompens'd the peasant's care, Nor soft declivities with tufted hills, Nor view of waters turning...
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Studies from the English Poets

George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 pages
...suppose, Forgery of fancy, and a dream of woes ; Man is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Karh yielding harmony disposed aright ; The screws reversed (a task which, if he please 335 God in a moment executes with ease,) Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till...
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