...From brutes what men, from men what spirits know ; Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb2 thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason,...future ! kindly given, That each may fill the circle marked by Heaven, Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall ; Atoms,...

...sacrificed a lamb without repeating aloud to himself or to the by-standers those four lines of Pope, — " The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy...And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood." Amidst toils like these came forth the large flapped, weather-stained, round, and low-crowned hat,...

...lamb without repeating aloud to himself or to the by-standers those four lines of Pope, — " The Iamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason,...And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood." Amidst toils like these came forth the large flapped, weather-stained, round, and low-crowned hat,...

...creatures hides the book of Fate, All hut the page prescribed — their present state; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know; Or who could suffer...food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood O blindness to the future ! kindly given That each may fill the circle marked by Heaven, Who sees with...

...all creatures hides the hook fate,All but the page prescnb'd, their present state : From brutes what men, from men what spirits know, Or who could suffer,...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 raised to shed his blood....

...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...future! kindly given, That each may fill the circle rnark'd by Heav'n : Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms...

...to come. It does not concern them. Pope has expressed this thought happily in the Essay on Man : " The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day ; Had he thy...And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood." Essay on Man, Ep. I., s. 3. The enjoyment of hours, days, weeks, months, and years, are terminated...

...as the most sagacious of animals ; but if the poet be correct, it is more considerate than man : — The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy...And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood. — POPE. Look at man, who knows he must die, and cannot tell when, or how soon, and observe how little...

...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...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....

...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...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....