 | 1739 - 480 pages
...he crops the flow'ry Food, «' And licks the Hand juft rais'd to med his " Blood. •' O Blindnefs to the Future ! kindly giv'n, " That each may fill the Circle mark'd by " Heav'n. On which his Commentator :— " We do not, *' indeed, perceive any Thing in Beafts, that *' fhews that... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1736 - 64 pages
...lift, he crops the flow'ry Food, And licks the Hand juft rais'd to fhed his Blood. 80 Oh Blindnefs to the Future ! kindly giv'n, 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 Sparrow fall ; Atoms, or Syftems, into... | |
 | William Warburton - 1742 - 220 pages
...the laft, he crops the flow'ry Food, And licks the Hand juft rais'd to flied his Blood. O Blindnefs to the Future! kindly giv'n, That each may fill the Circle mark'd by Heav'n. 1. 77, &r A. On which his Commentator: — " We do not, " indeed, perceive any Thing in Beafts, that... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1762 - 160 pages
...laß , he crops the ßow'ry food , And licks the hand juß rais'd to fhed his blood. 8o Oh blindnefs to the future ! kindly giv'n , That each may fill the Circle mark'd by Heav'n , Who fees with equal eye, as God of All, A Hero perish , or a Sparrow fall , Atoms , or Syßcms, into... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 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 giv'n, That each may fill the circle mark'd by heav'n• : Who fees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero pcrifh, or a fparrow fall ; Atoms or fyftems into... | |
 | John Newbery - 1762 - 292 pages
...the laft, he crops the flow'ry food And licks the hand juft rais'd to feed his blood. Oh blindnefs to the future kindly giv'n, 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 ; Atoms or fyflems into... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 pages
...laft, he crops the flow'ry " food, " And licks the hand juft rais'd to fhed his " blood. " Oh blindnefs to the future ! kindly giv'n, *' 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, *' Atoms or fyftems into... | |
 | Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 592 pages
...he crops the flow'ry " food, " And licks the hand juft rais'd to flied his " blood. " Oh blindnefs to the future ! kindly giv'n, " That each may fill the circle mark'd by " Heav'n: " Who fees with equal eye, as God of all, " A hero periih, or a fparrow fall, " Atoms or fyftems into... | |
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...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 ! blindness to the future ! kindly giv'n, '5 Thateach may fill the circle mark'd by Heav'n; Who... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 pages
...laft, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand juft rais'd to flaed his blood. "86 Oh blindnefs to the future ! kindly giv'n, 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, Atoms, or fyftems, into ruin... | |
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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 what spirits know ; Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would... 
