 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 268 pages
...thousand years ago. III. Heav'n from all creatures hides lheJ>ook of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their 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.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...Present State of Man, 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...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.... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...thousand years ago. [Fate, III. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of All but the page prescrib'd, their 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 flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Anthologies - 1821 - 280 pages
...present slate of man. 1 . HEAV'N from all creatures hides the book of fate, AH 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 flow'ry food,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 252 pages
...l' Le livre des destins , à tout être vivant , Montre l'instant qui coule , et jamais le suivant. 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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 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 Oh blindness to the future ! kindly giv'n, 85 That each may fill the circle mark'd by heav'n ;... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...completely so As who began a thousand years ago. [fate, 3. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of All but the page prescribed, their present state :...he skip and play? Pleased to the last he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood. O blindness to the future! kindly given,... | |
 | Thomas Pike Lathy - Fishing - 1822 - 274 pages
...death it feels. " Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, " All but the page prescrib'd, their present state : " From brutes what men, from...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)... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...present state of man. 1. 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...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.... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...dispensation of Providence. — Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate. All but the pageprescrib'd, their 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 flowr'y food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. O... | |
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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... 
