 Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 69by Alexander Pope - 1878 - 448 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...state : From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : • Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...states From brutes what men , i'rom men what spirits. ( know, Or who could suffer being here below ?' The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason , would he skip and play?' Pleas'd to the last , he crops the flr>w'iy food , And licks the hand just rais'ci to shed his blood.... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...present state : From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being bete below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flgw'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. Oh... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pages
...malheureux ? Quand un Fran^ais & un Anglais pensent de meme, il faut bien qu'ils ayent raison."* ( • 5. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1807 - 606 pages
...admiration. " The lamb, thy riot dooms to bleed to day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood." After pausing on the last two fine verses, will not the reader smile that I should conjecture the image... | |
 | Samuel Bulfinch Emmons - Spiritualism - 1857 - 302 pages
...present state ; Prom brutes what men, from men what angels know; Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy...And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood. O, blindness to the future ! kindly given, That each may fill the circle marked by Heaven. Hope humbly... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...state ; ;: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know» Or who could suffer being here below ? ' The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food^ And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...present state; From brntes what men, from men what spirit Or who could suffer Being here below ; [know 0 4 Picas'*) to the last, he crops the ttow'ry mix]. And licks the hand just rais'd lo shed his blood.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...present state ; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know, Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...state: From lirut'.-s what men, from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer being here below? $0 The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play > Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flowery food, And li.-kj the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.... | |
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