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... The Pleasures of Human Life, Examined and Enumerated: With an Entertaining ... - Sivu 551tekijä(t) John Platts - 1822 - 764 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| 1806 - 330 sivua
...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...pain. How many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring^flamc ! How many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt man and man ! How many pine in want,... | |
| Solomon Hodgson - 1806 - 362 sivua
...: How many fink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flaine : How many bleed, ' . By fhameful variance betwixt man and man : How many pine in want,...dungeon glooms ; Shut from the common air, and common ufe Of their own limbs : How many drink the cup Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread Of mifery... | |
| 1806 - 360 sivua
...dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death, And all the fad variety of pain: How many fink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame: How many bleed, By fhameful variance betwixt man and man : How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms i Shut from the common... | |
| William Enfield - 1808 - 434 sivua
...in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot waste ; Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death, And all the...and Man : How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms j Shut from the common air, and common use Of their own limbs : how many drink the cup Of baleful grief,... | |
| Cabinet - 1808 - 524 sivua
...in giddy mirth. And wanton, often cruel, riot waste; Ah, little think they, while they dance along, How many 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 sivua
...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... | |
| 1810 - 234 sivua
...in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot waste ; Ah ! little think they while they dance along; How many feel this very moment, death, And all the...shameful variance betwixt man and man — How many piiie in want, and dungeon glooms ; Shut from the common air, and common use Of their own limbs —... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 sivua
...And wanton, often cruel, riot waste ; Ah, little think they, while they dance along, How many fee), this very moment, death And all the sad variety of...many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring name. HOB many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt m.in nnd man. Row many pine in want, and dnnp-on... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 sivua
...in giddy mirth. And wanton, often cruel, riot waste; Ah, little think tiny, while they dance along', How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink iii the devouring flood, Or more devouring Maine. Won many bit cd, Bv shameful variance betwixt man... | |
| William Somervile - 1811 - 312 sivua
...in giddy mirth, and wanton, often cruel, riot waste ; ah little think they, while they dance along, how many feel, this very moment death, and all the...sink in the devouring flood, or more devouring flame. Hew many bleed, by shameful variance betwixt man and man. How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms;... | |
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