| James Thomson - 1730 - 260 pages
...furround ; They, who their thoughtlefs hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riotwafte; j O f Ah little think they, while they dance along, How...moment, death And all the fad variety of pain. How many fink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame, How many bleed, 310 By fhameful variance betwixt... | |
| James Thomson, Barthold Heinrich Brockes - English poetry - 1745 - 586 pages
...giddy Mirth, And wanton, often cruel, Riot waftej \ Ah little think they, wiiile they dance along, 300 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... | |
| James Thomson - 1757 - 244 pages
...Lays him along the fnows, a ftiffened corfe, 320 Stretch'd out, and bleaching in the northern blaft. AH little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleafure,...moment, death And all the fad variety of pain. How many fink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame. How many bleed, 330 By fhameful variance betwixt... | |
| John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 292 pages
...affluence furronnd; They, who their thoughtlefs hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot wafle ; Ah little think they, while they dance along, How...very moment death And all the fad variety of pain. His conclufion glows with a ftrain of piety wortKy of a chriftian poet and philofopher, and is too... | |
| James Thomson - English literature - 1763 - 458 pages
...furround ; They, who their thoughtlefs hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot wafte; 32 j Ah little think they, while they dance along, How...moment,- death, And all the fad variety of pain. How many fink in the devouring flood, ' Or more devouring flame. How many bleed, 330 By fhameful variance betwixt... | |
| James Thomson - 1766 - 266 pages
...furround ;• They, who their thoughtlefs hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riotwafte; 325 Ah little think they, while they dance along,...moment, death And all the fad variety of pain. How many fink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame. How many bleed, 330By fhameful variance betwixt... | |
| James Thomson - 1769 - 218 pages
...furround ; They, who their thoughtlefs hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot wafte; 32? Ah little think they, while they dance along, How..., death And all the fad variety of pain. How many fink in the devouring flood , Or more devouring flame. How many bleed, jjo By shameful variance betwixt... | |
| 1769 - 660 pages
...furround: They, who their thoughtlefs hours in giddy And wanton, often truel, riot waftc ; [mirth, Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all die fad variety of pain. And point the parting anguub. Thought, food man, Of thefe, and all the thoufand... | |
| James Thomson - 1774 - 272 pages
...and bleaching in the northern blaft. AH little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleafure, pow'r, and affluence furround ; They, who their thoughtlefs...flood, Or more devouring flame. How many bleed, 330 By fhameful.variance betwixt Man and Man. How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms ; Shut from the common... | |
| Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...fin-round ; They, who their thoughtlefs hours in giddy mirth,. And wanton, often cruel,. riot wafte; Ah, little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And ?.ll the fad variety of pain. How many fink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame. How many... | |
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