 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1824 - 598 pages
...and what sort of sounds it makes."--" Then, as to dancing," resumed the Poet, " what says Pope ? . ' The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. Had he thy reason, would he skin and ulav ?' i -, ' ' ; . ° rl ''•• i '• Now, though I object to the word riot, since tbere... | |
 | 1824 - 624 pages
...calf." sort of sounds it makes." — " Then, as to dancing," resumed the Poet, " what says Pope ? ' The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he tkip and pluy ?' Now, though I object to the word riot, since there is no such mighty excess in a leg... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 pages
...state ; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know ; Or who couli! suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy...rais'd to shed his blood. Oh blindness to the future ! kiudly giv'n, That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heay'n ; Who sees with equal eye, as God of... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 316 pages
...spirits know ; Or who could suffer being here below ? 2. Oh blindness to the future ! kindly giv'n, The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy...And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. That each may fill-the circle mark'd by Heav'n ; A hero perish, or a, sparrow fall; v Who sees with... | |
 | James I (King of Scotland) - 1825 - 308 pages
...present state, . From brutes what men, from men what spirits know, Or who would suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day ; Had he thy...he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood. Oh blindness! to the future kindly... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...present state; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know ; Or who eould suffer being here below ? t where seienee guides, Go, measuie earth, weigh air,...state the tides ; Instruet the planets in what orb erops the flowery food, And lieks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. Oh, blindness to the future... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1825 - 220 pages
...llio poor Indian," &c. "The lamb, thy riot dooms to die to-day, " Had he thy reason, would he frisk and play ? " Pleas'd to the last he crops the flow'ry..." And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood !" Granting all this, yet how many lines possibly as often quoted from this poem are mere rythmical... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...state : From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer being here below ? S0 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 rais'd to shed his blood.... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 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 ? Pleased to the last he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.... | |
 | James I (king of Scotland.) - 1825 - 306 pages
...present state, From brutes what men, from men what spirits know, Or who would suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to.day ; Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Fleas'd to the last he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.... | |
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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 to-day, Had he thy Reason, would... 
