 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pages
...the laft, he crops the flow'ry food, And liclcs the hand juft rais'd to flied his blood. Oh blindnefs to the future ! kindly given, 85 That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heav'n : Who fees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perifh, or a fparrow fall, • . .. . VARIATIONs.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 274 pages
...the laft, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand juft rais'd to fhed his blood. Oh blindnefs to the future ! kindly given, 85 That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heav'n ; Who fees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perilh, or a fparrow fall, VARIATIONs. After... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 524 pages
...state; From brutes what men, from men what 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 the last he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. Oh... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 392 pages
...the laft, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand juft rais'd to fl:ed his blood. Oh blindnefs to the future ! kindly given, 85 That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heaven : Who fees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perim, or a fparrow fall, Atoms or fyftems into ruin hmi'd,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 1164 pages
...crops the flowery food, And licks the hand juft rais'd to flied his blood. Oh blindnefs to the future J kindly given, 85 That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heaven : Who fees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perifh, or a fparrow fall, Atoms or fyftems into ruin hurl'd,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...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 pages
...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.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...the laft, he crops the flowery fooJ, And licks the hand juft raised to Ihed tm blood. Oh blindncfs to the future ! kindly given» 85 That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heaven ; Who fees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perilh, or a fparrow fall, Atoms or fyitems into ruin hurl'd,... | |
 | 1804 - 452 pages
...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 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.... | |
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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. 
