 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pagina’s
...thousand years ago. III. Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state; From brutes what men, from men...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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.... | |
 | 1804 - 452 pagina’s
...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 rais'd to shed his blood." After having paused over such fine verses, may we admit the fonjecture,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pagina’s
...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.... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 606 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pagina’s
...helow? The lamh thy riot dooms to hleed 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 hlood. Oh ! hlindness to the future ! kindly gtv'n, That each may fill the circle... | |
 | Samuel Bulfinch Emmons - 1857 - 302 pagina’s
...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 - 1808 - 434 pagina’s
...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.... | |
| |
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood. 
