 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...blood. Oh bliudness to the future! kindly giv'n, That each, may fill the circle mark'd by Heav'n ;. AVho sees, with equal eye , as God of all , A hero perish , or a sparrow fall ; Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'dj And now a bubble burst, and now a world. Hope humbly then; wilh trembling pinions soar;, "Wait... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1804 - 346 pages
...you again and again. What think you of the following criticism of a lady, on these lines of Pope ? He sees, -with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall; Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'cl; And now a bubble burst, and now a world. " This thought," says the lady, " appears to me far... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 pages
...hlood. Oh! hlindness to the future! kindly giv'n, 85 That each may fill the circle mark'd hy Heav'n; Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish...fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a huhhle hurst, and now a world. 90 Hope humhly then, with tremhling pinions soar, Wait the great teacher... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 606 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 raised to shed his blood." After pausing on the last two fine verses, will not the reader smile that I should conjecture the image... | |
 | Samuel Bulfinch Emmons - 1857 - 302 pages
...Prom brutes what men, from men what angels know; Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would...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. Hope humbly... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...flowery food, And licks the hand jnst rais'd to shed his blood. O blindness to the future ! kindly giv'n, That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heaven ; Who...perish or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hiirl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world. Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar; Wait... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...hand just rais'd lo shed his blood. Oh blin'llrss to the future ! kindly given, •That each may till ; Ami now a bubble burst, and now a world. [soar Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinion Wait the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. Ob blindness to the future ! kindly given, That each...perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hnrl'd, And now a bubble bunt, and now n worM. 90 Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar Wait... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...And li.-kj the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. Oh blindness to the future ! kindly given. Thai each may fill the circle mark'd by Heaven : Who sees...eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, •^toms or systems into ruin hnrl'd, And now a bubble bunt, and now a world. 90 Hope humbly then;... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1813 - 368 pages
...hot to represent it in all its grandeur; So when the supremacy of a God is described, • • \ He sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall : Atoms or systems, into ruin hurled, And now a bubble burst, and now a world. 4 a This sort of writings have a natural tendency... | |
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The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, 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. 
