 tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord — its various tone, Each spring — its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.  Poems: Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Page 51by Robert Burns - 1869Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - Literary Criticism - 1834
...dark, The moving why they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. VI. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try...us, He knows each chord — its various tone, Each spring — its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - Literary Criticism - 1835 - 260 pages
...step aside is human ; One point must still he greatly dark, The moving « hy they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it....us, He knows each chord — its various tone, Each spring— its various bias : Then at the halance let's he mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done... | |
 | Alexander Charles L. D'Arblay - 1836
...multitude insulted Him in a certain village, and the disciples would have called down Jire from heaven 1 Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us ; He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias. Then at the balance let's he mute, We never can adjust it; What's done, we... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart, James Currie - Poetry - 1837 - 425 pages
...To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark. The moving why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark. How far perhaps they rue it. VIII. Who made the heart, 'tía IU alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord — its various tone, Each spring — its... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837
...greatly dark, The moving why they do it: And just as lamely can ye mark How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord—its various tone, Each spring—its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never... | |
 | John Aikin - Poetry - 1838 - 732 pages
...To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they do it: And just u never didst, but oft indeed The paltry imitation...trappings on thy motley gown ? They seem like garlands on spring, its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute ; We never can adjust it ; What's done... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 732 pages
...To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they do it: And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it....'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord—its various tone Each spring, its various hias : Then at the halance let's be mute ; We never... | |
 | John Aikin - Poetry - 1838 - 732 pages
...greatly dark, The moving why they do it: And just as lamely can ye maik, How far perhaps they rue it vm. . . - % - &I'V/3. / / spring, its various hias : Then at the halance let's be mute ; We never can adjust it ; What's done... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 350 pages
...greatly dark, The moving why they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis he alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute. We never can adjust it ; What's done we... | |
 | Psychology - 1840
...greatly dark, The reason why they do it, And just as lamely can ye mark, How far, perhaps, they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us; He knows each chord-nits various tone, Each spring its various bias; Then at the balance let's be mule, We never... | |
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