 From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.  The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 385by Samuel Johnson - 1824Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1778 - 438 pages
...When Nature undernoath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead! Then...moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And Music's pow'r obey. From harmony, from heav'nly harmony, This umversal frame began : e compass of the... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 pages
...signature, in which there is not even a glimpse of meaning, we have in the following lines of Dryden : From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Thro' all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man *. In general it may be... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 pages
...nature, in which there is scarcely a glimpse of meaning, though it \vas composed by an eminent poet. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Thro'all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man. In general, it may be said,... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, — The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead ! Then...moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And Music's pow'r obey. From harmony, from heav'nly harmony, This universal frame began : 8 From harmony... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 pages
...When nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, " Arise, ye more than dead."...moist, and dry, In order to their stations leap, And Music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began ; From harmony... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 500 pages
...When nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, " Arise, ye more than dead."...moist, and dry, In order to their stations leap, And Music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began ; From harmony... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead ! Then...moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And Music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1809 - 352 pages
...nature, in which there is scarcely a glimpse of meaning, though it was composed by an eminent poet. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to haflnouy Thro'all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason dosing full in man. In general, it... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...when nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, and could not heave her head, the tuneful voice was heard from high, arise, ye more than dead. Then...moist, and dry, in order to their stations leap, and Music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, this universal frame began: from harmony to... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...when nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, and could not heave her head, the tuneful voice was heard from high, arise, ye more than dead. Then...moist, and dry, in order to their stations leap, and Music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, this universal frame began: from harmony to... | |
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