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,... Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with ... - Página 414por William Godwin - 1831 - 471 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Parker (of Cork.) - 1816 - 182 páginas
...behalf of every child of sorrow or misfortune, and of which we have so many cases daily occurring. Ah! little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround ; ." , ' They, who theii thoughtless hours in §rddy mirth - % And wanton, often cruel, riot waste... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 páginas
...cold, Lays him along the snows, a stiffen'd corse, Stretch'd out, and bleaching in the northern blast. Ah, little think the gay, licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround. They, who their tho'tless bouts in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel riot, waste; Ah, little think... | |
| John Nichols - 1817 - 874 páginas
...into the manner of their treatment and accommodation in the dreary abodes of human wretchedness. " Ah ! little think the gay, licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence, surround ; They, who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth And wunton, often cruel riot, wa«te : Ah ! little... | |
| James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - 1818 - 316 páginas
...cold, Lays him along the snows, a stilfen'd corse ; Stretch'd out, and bleaching in the 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 ! little... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 páginas
...relish of their souls Chapter IV. PATHETIC PIECES. Section I. REFLECTIONS ON THE MISERIES OF LIFE. 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... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 páginas
...the relish of their souls Chapter 1\. PATHETIC PIECES. Section 1. REFLECTIONS ON THE MISERIES LIFE. Ah little think the gay 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,... | |
| William Pinnock - 1822 - 252 páginas
...spread out. Bliss, s. happiness, joy arising from the possession of some great and 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... | |
| 1822 - 278 páginas
...cold, Lays him along the snows, a stiften'd corse, Stretch'd out, and bleaching in the 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 ! little... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 páginas
...death, oblivion comes Behind, and strikes them from the book of life. Thomson's Seasons — Summer. 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... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 páginas
...Тлтч him along the snows, a stifTen'd corso ! Btretch'd out, and bleaching in the 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 ciuel riot, waste ; Ah ! little... | |
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