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 - Էջ 12British anthology - 1825Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| Thomas Pike Lathy - 1822 - 274 էջ
...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...to-day, " Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? •will be in vain. You then bring him to land ; or, if you be near enough, fling him on shore. (o)... | |
| John Platts - 1822 - 844 էջ
...hides the book of fate. All but the pageprescrib'd, 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 flowr'y food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. O... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 էջ
...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 here...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 bis blood. 3.... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1822 - 312 էջ
...prescrib'd, their present state; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know; Or who could sutt-or 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'rv food, id licks the hand just rajs'd to shed his blood".... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 354 էջ
...exhibits. Even familiar as it is to our ear, we never examine it but with undiminished admiration. " The lamb, thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy...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 - 1823 - 412 էջ
...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 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,... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 536 էջ
...exhibits. Even familiar as it is to our ear, we never examine it but with undiminished admiration. " The lamb, thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy...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 - 1824 - 84 էջ
...hides the book of (at< All but the page prescrib'd, their present^stale : From brutes what men, from men what spirits know; Or who could suffer being here...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 Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 էջ
...hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state ; From brutes what men, from zones of Heaven ; to some she gave To weigh the moment...and fate's unbroken chain, And will's quick impulse Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. Oh,... | |
| Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 էջ
...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 here...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. 10... | |
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