...thousand years ago. III. 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...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...

...worshipped In ancient Egypt under the name ot Apis, \ IH. Heav'n from all creatures hides the book e/f fate. All but the page prescribed, their present state...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...

...late, or here or there ? The blest to-day, is as completely so As who began a thousand years ago. 3. Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate,...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...

...one can never examine it, but with the same admiration, " The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleas'd...And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood." After having paused over such fine verses, may we admit the fonjecture, that the image might first...

...states From brutes what men , i'rom men what spirits. ( know, Or who could suffer being here below ?' The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy...skip and play?' Pleas'd to the last , he crops the flr>w'iy food , And licks the hand just rais'ci to shed his blood. Oh bliudness to the future! kindly...

...malheureux ? Quand un Fran^ais & un Anglais pensent de meme, il faut bien qu'ils ayent raison."* ( • 5. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy...And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. f The tenderness of this striking image, and particularly the circumstance in the last line, has an...

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...from men what spirits know ; Or who could suffer heing here helow? The lamh thy riot dooms to hleed to-day, Had he thy reason would he skip and play ?...flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his hlood. Oh ! hlindness to the future ! kindly gtv'n, That each may fill the circle mark'd hy Heav'n...

...ear, we never examine it but with undiminished admiration. " The lamb, thy riot dooms to bleed to day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd...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...

...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...And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood. Oh blindness to the future ! kindly given. That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heaven : Who sees...