Alas! regardless of their doom The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come Nor care beyond to-day: Yet see how all around 'em wait The ministers of human fate And black Misfortune's baleful train! The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray - Side 14av Thomas Gray - 1851 - 223 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Thomas Brown - 1833 - 800 sider
...says Gray, on thinking of a group of huppy children; " For ter. how all around them wait, The mimsten of human fate, And black misfortune's baleful train ; Ah '. show them, where in ambush stand, To leixe their prey, the murd'rou* band ! Ah ! tell them, they arc men !"• To tell them they are men,... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1835 - 516 sider
...who recommended such a girl as a fit companion for her blameless and beloved pupils. CHAPTER VII. " Alas ! 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... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1835 - 486 sider
...such a girl as a fit companion for her blameless and beloved pupils. CHAPTER VII. "Alls! regardless nf 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... | |
| François-René de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 392 sider
...enthrall ? What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle'9 speed, Or urge the flying bail ? Alas ! regardless of their doom, The little victims...have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day. " Heureuses collines, charmans bocages, champs aimés " en vain, où jadis mon enfance insouciante... | |
| Dorus Clarke - 1836 - 228 sider
...fancy fed, Less pleasing when possess'd ; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast. Alas ! regardless of their doom The little victims...have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day." Such is the description, which the poet gives of a class of youth, who were sent to the groves of Academus... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 380 sider
...What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball ? -:t * * * Alas, regardless of their doom The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come, No care beyond to-day. Who has riot felt the sentiments and the regrets expressed here with all the... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 sider
...lively cheer of vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims...come, Nor care beyond to-day. Yet see how all around them wait The ministers of human fate, And black Misfortune's baleful train, Ah, show them where in... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 sider
...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 them wait The ministers of human fate, And black Misfortune's baleful train, Ah, show them where in... | |
| Samuel Bailey - 1837 - 350 sider
...strains familiar to every reader, he makes a natural and beautiful transition to their future destiny. Alas ! regardless of their doom, The little victims...come, Nor care beyond to-day ; Yet see how all around them wait, The ministers of human fate, And black misfortune's baleful train ! Ah ! show them where... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1837 - 350 sider
...play! No sense have they of ills to come, No care beyond to-day. Yet see how, all 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 bund! Ah tell them they are men ! * * * * To each his sufferings: all... | |
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