 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,...  Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ... - Page 330by Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 429 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 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... | |
 | Curiosities and wonders - 1785 - 506 pages
...They who their though tlefs hours in giddy mirth,- ; • , -, And wanton, often cruel, riot wade ; Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death, And all the fad variety of pain : ' . . . . How many link in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame : how... | |
 | George Anne Bellamy - 1785 - 248 pages
...hours in giddy mirth, *' And wanton, often cruel, riot wafte; • * Thomfon's Winter, Line 322, « Ah " Ah little think they, while they 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... | |
 | 1785 - 504 pages
...thoughtlefs hours in giddy mirth, i And wanton, often cruel, riot wane ; > Ah little think they, while tfiey 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... | |
 | George Anne Bellamy - Actors - 1786 - 262 pages
...furround ; " 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 all the fad variety of pain : " How many fink in the devouring flood, '* Or more devouring flame : how many... | |
 | 1788 - 742 pages
...furround ; , They who their thoughtlefs hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot waftej Ah! little think they, while they dance along, How many feel this very moment death, And all flle fad variety of pain | How many fink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame ! how many... | |
 | Luke Booker - 1787 - 90 pages
...furroundi 44 They, who their thoughtlefs hours in giddy mirth* * And wanton, often cruel, riot wafle ; " Ah little think they, while they dance along, " How...many feel, this very moment, death, " And all the fad variety of pain I " How many pine In want ; How many drink 11 The cup of Grief, or eat the bitter... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1787 - 508 pages
...furround ; , They, who their thoughtlefs hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel riot, waftei 325 Ah ! little think they, while they 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,... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1788 - 322 pages
...affluence furround; 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 all the fad variety of pain. . How many fmk in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame. How many bleed,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1793 - 298 pages
...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... | |
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