Heaven from all 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 being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would... The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq - Página 20por Alexander Pope - 1797 - 3650 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 454 páginas
...knowledge, if communicated, would be even pernicious to Man, and make him neglect or desert his duty here. Heav'n from all creatures hides the Book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, the present state, From brutes what men, from men what spirits know, Or who would suffer... | |
| William Warburton - 1811 - 444 páginas
...distract you, or draw you from your station ; it was m " mercy that God hath hid these things from you : 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 would suffer... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 páginas
...peace, And smooth the bed of death. SECTION IX. Providence vindicated in the present state of man. 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 ; The lamb thy riot... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 páginas
...or here or there ? The blest to-day is as completely so, 75 As who began a 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 what spirits know : Or who could suffer... | |
| William Marrat, Pishey Thompson - 1812 - 488 páginas
...adore the wisdom of God in this, as in all his other works: for, as Pope beautifully expresses it, — The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? On the contrary, man, who is permitted to know his dangers, to see... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 páginas
...imperfect, heav'n in fault: Say rather, Man's as perfect as he ought ; 70 As Who began a thousand years ago. 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... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 262 páginas
...the bed of death. COTTON. SECTION IX. Providence •vindicated in the prefent State of Man. HEAVEN from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prelcrib'd, their prefent ftate ; 1'sorn brutes what men, from men what fpirits know, Or who could... | |
| 1816 - 782 páginas
...is upon the earth ; aquatick are thofe, whofe conftant abode is upon the water. Locke. — Hcav'n. from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prcfcrib'd this prcfent ft.ite ; From brutes what men, from men what fpirits know ; Or who could fuller... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 páginas
...summer, swift our autumn's fled, When youth, and love, and spring, and golden joys are gone. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state. Know then this truth, enough for man te know ; Virtue alone is happiness... | |
| 1817 - 314 páginas
...learn, though late, the genuine cause of all. Covjper. THE PRESENT STATE OF MAN VINDICATED. HEAVEN 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... | |
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