| John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...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...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... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pages
...worshipped In ancient Egypt under the name ot Apis, \ IH. Heav'n from all creatures hides the book e/f fate. All but the page prescribed, their present state...skip and play ? Pleased to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood. Oh, blindness to the future ! kindly... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...here or there ? The blest to-day, is as completely so As who began a thousand years ago. 3. Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but...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
...from all creatures hides the book of All but the page prescrib'd, their preseut state : VOL. III. c From brutes what men, from men what spirits know ;...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,... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...FUTURE STATE. (POPE.) HEAVEN from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...MAN VINDICATED. HEAV'N from all creatures hides the book of fete, All but the page preserib'd, thjyr. 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.... | |
| Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...thousand years ago. [&te, 3. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of All but the page prescrib'd, their present state : From brutes what men, from men...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 - 1808 - 334 pages
...thousand years ago. [fate, 3. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of All bnt the page prescrib'd, their present state : From brutes what men, from men...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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