| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 oldal
...creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present ttate ; From brutes what meu-, from men what spirits know; Or who could suffer being...below? •% The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day* Hail he thy reason, would he skip ai.-l play ? PleasVl to ifae last, he crops the flow'ry food, •... | |
| 1817 - 314 oldal
...all. Covjper. THE PRESENT STATE OF MAN VINDICATED. HEAVEN from all creatures hides the book of fate ( All but the page prescrib'd, their present state:...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... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1817 - 290 oldal
...SEOTION IX. PROVIDENCE YINP1CATED IN THE PRESENT STATE OF from ail creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state;...what men, from men what spirits know, Or who could suflfer being here beloxr ? The lamb thy riot doiuns to bleed to day, Pad he <hy reason, would he skip... | |
| 1830 - 990 oldal
...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 oldal
...grave. Hence we can perceive in what compassion " Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state ;...brutes what men, from men what spirits know, Or who would suffer being here below ? The lamb our riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he our reason, would he... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 oldal
...Man's as perfect as he ought : His knowledge measur'd to his state and place ; His time a moment, ami bound la>t, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just ruis'd to shed his blood. O.'i blindness to... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1820 - 80 oldal
...who began a thousand years ago. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. All- but the pqge prescrib'd, their present state: From brutes what...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 blindness to the future! kindly,... | |
| Richard Graves - 1820 - 330 oldal
...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.... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 oldal
...Providence vindicated in the present state of man. HEAV'N from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state ;...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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1821 - 268 oldal
...completely so, As who began a thousand years ago. III. Heav'n from all creatures hides lheJ>ook of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state ;...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 blindness to the future ! kindly... | |
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