Ah little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround; They, who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot waste; Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment,... Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century: Consisting ... - Seite 693von John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1817Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1783 - 162 Seiten
...affluence furround ; They who their thoughtlefs hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot wade; Ah, little think they, while they dance along, How many pine in want and dungeon glooms, Shut from the common air, and common ufe .Of their own limbs ! How many drink... | |
| 1788 - 220 Seiten
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| James Thomson - 1793 - 300 Seiten
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| James Thomson - 1793 - 300 Seiten
...Lays him along the snows, a stiffened corse; 320 Stretch'd out, and bleaching in the northern blast. AH little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure,...giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot waste; 325 Ah little think they, while they dance along, ]How many feel, this very moment, death, And all... | |
| 1795 - 432 Seiten
...* AH little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affhience surround; * . They They who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel riot waste; ... .*,,•.A Ah little think they, how many feel, this very moment, death, .. .... %1 , T And all... | |
| James Thomson - 1800 - 302 Seiten
....(Lays him along the snows, a stiffened corse, ' Stretch'd out , and bleaching in the northern blast. Ah little think the gay licentious proud , Whom pleasure...little think they , while they dance along, How many feel , this very moment , death , And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the devouring flood,... | |
| 1800 - 322 Seiten
...and bleaching in the northern blast. Ah, little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, pow'r, and affluence surround, They who their thoughtless...wanton, often cruel, riot, waste; Ah, little think they, as they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death, And all the sad variety of pain. How many... | |
| John Coakley Lettsom - 1801 - 400 Seiten
...furrpund. ; They, who their thoughtlefs hours in giddy mirth And wanton, often cruel riot, wafte : Ah ! little think they, while they dance along, How many pine in want, and dungeons glooms, Shut from the common air, and common ufe Qf their own limbs ! ,h ow many... | |
| James Neild - 1802 - 386 Seiten
...Society for the Discharge and Relief of Small Debtors, In MARCH, 1802. BY JAMES NEILD, ESQ. TREASURER. " Ah ! little think the gay, licentious proud, " Whom...think they, while they dance along, " How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms, " Shut from the common air, and common use " Of their own limbs ! How many... | |
| James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 Seiten
...cold, Lays him along the snows, a stiffened corse, Stretch'd out, and bleaching in the northern blast. Ah little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure,...little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the devouring flood,... | |
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