 | 1817 - 314 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 I Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind ; His soul... | |
 | 1830 - 990 pages
...such books as these. The motto, I see, is from Pope. I daresay, very much to the purpose. (Reads.) " The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he sport and play ? Pleas'd to the last, he crops his flowery food, And licks the hand" Bless us, is that... | |
 | Richard Marks - 1818 - 232 pages
...spirits know, Or who would suffer being here below ? The lamb our riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he our reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just ruis'd to shed his blood. O blindness to the future, kindly giv'n, That each may fill the circle... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1820 - 80 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...last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. Oh blindness to the future! kindly, giv'n, That each may fill the circle... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 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 la>t, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just ruis'd to shed his blood. O.'i blindness to... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1820 - 330 pages
...of life, or at least of the sense of pain. Mr. Pope has finely described this in his ethic epistles: The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason would he skip and p'ay ? Pleas'd to the last he crops the flow'ry food, .And licks HIP hand just rais'd to shed his Mood.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 268 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...last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. Oh blindness to the future ! kindly giv'n, That each may fill the circle... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 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...last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais-'d to shed his blood. Oh blindness to the future ! kindly giv'n, That each may fill the circle... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 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...skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flovr'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. Oh blindness to the future ! kindly... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 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...skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. Oh blindness to the future ! kindly... | |
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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... 
