These lines have been taken from An Essay on Man written by Alexander pope.

In this poem the poet tells us that God does not let man know about his fate. The man knows only about the present. He does not know anything about his future. Poet says that it is a great blessing of God that we have been kept ignorant of our future, God because God wants that each creature should complete the circle marks it. If we had known about our future life, it would have become very difficult for us to live in this world. God has given us the gift of hope. Man lives on hope and feels that his future will be better then the present. The poet advises us to worship God and hope for a better future.

STANZA NO. 1: " Heaven from all ------------------------------------- being here belong."

In these lines the poet says that God keeps us ignorant of our fate, Man only knows about his present. He does not know about his future. The animals do not know what men know and men do not know what angles know. The poet says this ignorance about our future is a blessing of God, otherwise if men come to know about their future lives, and they will not like to live in this world, as life would be unbearable.

STANZA NO. 2: "The lamb thy riot --------------------------------- to shed his blood."

In these lines the poet gives the example of a lamb whose final fate is to be butchered and eaten by man if the lamb had know that he was going to be killed, he would have never have played and jumped so happily. As the lamb quite ignorant of the future, it likes the hand of his master lovingly and eats the grass up to the last moment. So it is a blessing of God that we do not know that what is going to happen to us in future.

STANZA NO. 3: "Oh blindness to the --------------------------------- and new a world."

In these lines the poet tells us that God has kept us ignorant of our future. Every one has to complete the circle of his life marked by God. Man is powerless before God. A powerful hero and a small sparrow are equal in the eye of God. Whether a hero is killed or a sparrow dies, it makes no difference to Him. The destruction of an atom or the whole system of universe does not matter to God. The bursting of a bubble or the ruin of a world, both has equal importance to God.

STANZA NO. 4: "Hope humbly the ---------------------------------- thy blessing now."

In these lines the poet says that on the one hand God keeps us ignorant of our knowledge of future, but on the other hand He has given us the gift of hope. Hopes keep a man alive and keep him happy. He continues to hope for a better future throughout his life. The poet calls death a great teacher because it teaches that our life in this world is very short. Therefore we should be thankful to God for giving us the gift of hope.

STANZA NO. 5: "Hope springs eternal ------------------------------- in a life to come."

In these lines the poet says that man always lives on hopes. It is the hope, which keeps him alive for the future to come. He is always hoping that his future will be happier than his present. He is never satisfied with what he has already got. On the other hand he always hopes that he will be happy in the future. This gives him consolation in the troubles of life. Man’s soul is always uneasy in this world, because the original home of the soul is heaven. When man dies and the soul goes back to its original home, it finds peace and freedom.

MANSOOR ALI SHAH.