 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,...  The Republic - Page 181851Full view - About this book
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...northern blast. Ah, little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, pow'r, and affluence surround, They who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...northern blast. 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! litde think they, while tJiey dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety... | |
 | James Thomson - 1806 - 242 pages
...northern blast! 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; 325 Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death, And all the... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 pages
...northern blast. Ah! little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround; They who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And...many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt man and man. How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms; Shut from the common air, and common use Of their own limbs.... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...HUMAN LIFE. 4 AH little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround ; They, who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth,...many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt Man and Man : How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms j Shut from the common air, and common use Of their own... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Parnell - Thomson, James, 1700-1748 - 1808 - 338 pages
...Whom pleasure , power, and affluence surround ; They , who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirtb, And wanton , often cruel , riot waste ; Ah little..., •• By shameful variance betwixt man and man. How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms; Shut from the common air, and common use Of their own limbs.... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...northern blast. Ah, little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround; They, who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth....feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety or pain. How many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouriug flame. How many bleed, By shameful... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...in giddy And wanton, often cruel, riot waste ; Ah ! little thinV they, while they dance along, Mow many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pnin. How many sink in the devouring Hood, Or more devonring flnme. How many Weed, By shameful variance... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1810 - 234 pages
...misery. Ah ! little think the gay licentious proud, "Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround ; They, who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth,...many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt man and man — How many piiie in want, and dungeon glooms ; Shut from the common air, and common use Of their... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...northern blast. Ah, little thinks the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, pow'rund affluence surround ; They who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And...many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt man and man ! How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms, Shut from the common air, and common use Of their own... | |
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