 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - Anglican Communion - 1811 - 454 pages
...Imperfection name. 1. 273.' Having premised thus much, we now proceed to Mr. De Crousaz. Mr. Pope had said, The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? * J'ai lu 1'essai de Mr. Pope (repond un ami de la companie) et jamais je n'eus plus b«soin... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 444 pages
...Imperfection name, 1. 273. Having premised thus much, we now proceed to Mr. J)c Crousa%. Mr. Pope had said, The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? * J'ai Id 1'essai de Mr. Pope (repond un ami de la companie) et jamais je n'eus plus besoin... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 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.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...present state ; From brutes what men, from n,en what spirits know. Or who eould suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would lie skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he erops the flow'ry food, And lieks the hand just rais'd to... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...or a sparrow fall ; Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world. 90 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 fiow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.... | |
 | Richard Graves - Authors, English - 1816 - 606 pages
...life, or at least of the sen'secf pain. Mr. Pope has finely descrihed this in his ethic epistles;' • The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to.day, Had he thy reason, wonld he skip and play! . Pleas'd to the last he crops the flow'ry fond, And licks the hand jnst rais'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...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 I Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind ; His... | |
 | England - 1830 - 990 pages
...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 Graves - 1820 - 330 pages
...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.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1820 - 80 pages
...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, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.... | |
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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... 
