text_original: Pleased to the last 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 I should conjecture the image might originally have been discovered in the following humble verses in a poem once considered not as contemptible: A gentle _lamb_ has rhetoric to plead, And when she sees the butcher's knife decreed, Her voice entreats him not to make her bleed.
text_transcription: PLEASE 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 MIGHT ORIGINALLY HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE FOLLOWING HUMBLE VERSES IN A POEM ONCE CONSIDERED NOT AS CONTEMPTIBLE A GENTLE LAMB HAS RHETORIC TO PLEAD AND WHEN SHE SEES THE BUTCHER'S KNIFE DECREED HER VOICE ENTREATS HIM NOT TO MAKE HER BLEED
phonemes: plˈiːzd tə ðə lˈæst hiː kɹˈɑːps ðə flˈaʊɚɹi fˈuːd, ænd lˈɪks ðə hˈænd dʒˈʌst ɹˈeɪzd tə ʃˈɛd hɪz blˈʌd. ˈæftɚ pˈɔːzɪŋ ɔnðə lˈæst tˈuː fˈaɪn vˈɜːsᵻz, wɪl nˌɑːt ðə ɹˈiːdɚ smˈaɪl ðæt aɪ ʃˌʊd kəndʒˈɛktʃɚ ðɪ ˈɪmɪdʒ mˌaɪt ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli hɐvbɪn dɪskˈʌvɚd ɪnðə fˈɑːloʊɪŋ hˈʌmbəl vˈɜːsᵻz ɪn ɐ pˈoʊᵻm wˈʌns kənsˈɪdɚd nˌɑːt æz kəntˈɛmptᵻbəl: ɐ dʒˈɛntəl lˈæm hɐz ɹˈɛɾɚɹˌɪk tə plˈiːd, ænd wɛn ʃiː sˈiːz ðə bˈʊtʃɚz nˈaɪf dᵻkɹˈiːd, hɜː vˈɔɪs ɛntɹˈiːts hˌɪm nˌɑːt tə mˌeɪk hɜː blˈiːd.