 | 1830 - 1046 Seiten
...sings of one of the loveliest victims of the master animal of prey : Pleased to the last he crops his flowery food. And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood. But, if habitual caution among many of the tribes of life is, however, excited by the circumstance... | |
 | Edward Young, William Danby - 1832 - 306 Seiten
...present state ; From beasts 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 he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the luscious food, And licks the hand that's rais'd to shed his blood."... | |
 | Samuel B. EMMONS - 1832 - 168 Seiten
...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? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood. O... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1832 - 86 Seiten
...men, from men what spirits know ; Or who could suffer being here below ? 80 The lamb thy riot doom* to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason would he skip and play ? rieas'd to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.... | |
 | Thomas Skinner - 1833 - 444 Seiten
...neck, realizing to the letter the beautiful lines of Pope : Pleased to the last he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood ! 8 HINDOO REPAST. The bloody faggots were thrown upon the fire, that had been kindled at a little distance,... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 Seiten
...present state ; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know ; Or who could suffer being here below T The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy...And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood. 2. Oh, blindness to the future ! kindly given, That each may fill the circle marked by heaven ; Who... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 394 Seiten
...our ear, we never examine it but with undiminished admiration. " The lamb, thy riot dooms to hleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play...he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood." After pausing on the last two fine verses, will not the reader smile that... | |
 | 1834 - 1056 Seiten
...and in the same moment fawning on those who have the knife half out of the sheath, poor innocent! ' Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his bjpod.' '* With this parting blow of consummate scorn, well deserved by the noble Duke, he leaves him... | |
 | James Forbes - 1834 - 586 Seiten
...to all my arguments, and would neither admit the truth nor beauty of Pope's more rational system. " 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 rais'd to shed his blood."... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 740 Seiten
...same moment fawning on those who have the knife half out of the sheath — poor innocent ! Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood." Once more : " I thank you for the bundle of state-papers which I received... | |
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The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, 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. 
