 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...their doom, The little -victims play ! - . , - -...-,. v , No sense have they of ills to corne^ - . No care beyond to-day : '- . Yet see how all around them...where in ambush stand , .. To seize their prey the murth'rous band J Ah, tell them, they are men ! These shall the fury Passions tear, The vultures of... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly th' approach of morn. Alas ! regardless of their doom The little victims...come, Nor care beyond to-day : Yet see, how all around 'era wait ' • The Ministers of human fate, And black Misfortune's baleful train ! Ah, shew them where... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...thoughtless day, the easy night, 'rlic spirits pure, the slumberii light, That fly th' approach of morik. Alas! regardless of their doom, The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor rare beyond to day : Yet see, how all around 'em wait The ministers of human fate, And blackmisfortune's... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, THOMAS GRAY. Alas ! regardless of their doom, The liule victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come. Nor care beyond to-day ; Yet see how all wound 'em wait The ministers of human fate, And black Misfortune's baleful train ! Ah ! shew them where... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1809 - 426 pages
...recommended such a girl as a fit companion for her blameless and beloved pupils. VOL. II. M CHAPTER VII. regardless of their doom, " The little victims play: " No sense have they of ills to come, " No care beyond to day." GRAY. GOOD legislators always attend to the habits, and what is called the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...thoughtless day, the easy night. The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly th' approach of mornAlas ! - coine, Nor care beyond to-day : Yet sec, how all arround 'em wait The ministers of human fate, And... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light. That fly th' approach of morn. Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims...No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to day. Yet see how all around them wait The ministers of human fate, And black Misfortune's baleful... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly tb' approach of morn. Alas, rcsardless ther sevk his merits to disclose, Or draw his fiailties from their dread abode, (There they to (iay. Yet see how all around them wait Hie ministers of human fate, And black Misfortune's baleful... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...little victims play! 4o sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to day. « Yet see how aíl around them wait The ministers of human fate, And black Misfortune's baleful train, Ah, show them where in ambush stand To seize their prey, the murderous band ! Ah, tell them, they are men... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pages
...90. On Mary Queen of Scots. " Dux ftzmina facti." 91. On Inordinate Expectations in Life, " — — See how all around them wait The ministers of human...in ambush stand, To seize their prey, the murderous baud ! Ah, tell them they are men ! " Gray. Q2. On Posthumous Fame. " Let Fame, that all hunt after... | |
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Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day. 
