 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,...  Thomson's Poetical Works - Page 143by James Thomson, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 490 pages
...licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence sun They who their thoughtless hours in giddy And wanton, often cruel riot waste; Ah little think they, while they dance alor How many feel, this very moment, death, And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the... | |
 | Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 pages
...HUMAN LIFE. Ah, little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, pow'r, and affluence surround ; They who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And...flood, Or more devouring flame !• How many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt man and man ! How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms, Shut from the... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...northern blast. Ah ! little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround ; hey, Hood, Or more devouring flame. How many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt man and man. How many pine... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...northern blast Ah, little think ye gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, pow'r, and affluence surround ; They who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And...many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flames. How many bleed By shameful variance betwixt man and man ! How many pine in want and dungeon... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 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...devouring flood, Or more devouring flame. How many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt man and man. How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms; Shut from the... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...out? — Ah ! little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, pow'r, and affluence surround ; They who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And...waste ; Ah! little think they, while they dance along, iy. 4 F How many feel, this very moment, death, And all the sad variety of pain ! How many sink in... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...blast. 6. Ah, little think the gay licentious proud, WTiom pleasure, pow'r, and affluence surround; They who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And...riot, waste; Ah little think they, while they dance alongr. How many feel, this very moment, death, And all the sad variety of pain ! How many sink in... | |
 | William Pinnock - Readers (Elementary) - 1822 - 252 pages
...important good. 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 : L 4 2. Ah ! little think they while they dance along, How many feel, that very moment, death, And... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...An ! little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, pow'r, and affluence surround ; They, wko their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And wanton,...devouring flood, Or more devouring flame : how many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt Man and Man : Ho'w many pine in want, and dungeon glooms ; Shut from the... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - 432 pages
...passage : " Ah ! little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround ; They, who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth,...very moment death And all the sad variety of pain." Many variations on that theme of sad variety the poet sings: moving accidents by flood and fire,—pining... | |
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