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 British anthology; or, Poetical library - Page 12de British anthology - 1825Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...state; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know; Or who could suffer being here below ? 80 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. Oh... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...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...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
...hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd their present states From brutes what men , i'rom men what spirits. ( know, Or who could suffer being...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.... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...the book of All but the page prescrib'd, their preseut state : VOL. III. c 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,... | |
| 1806 - 408 pages
...their 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 - 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... | |
| William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...the book of fete, All but the page preserib'd, thjyr. present state ; ;: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know» Or who could suffer being...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.... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...creatures hides the book of All bnt the page prescrib'd, 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 he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food, And... | |
| Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...creatures hides the book of All but the page prescrib'd, 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 he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food, And... | |
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