| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...! why should they know their fate, • Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftjy flies? Thought wo~uld destroy their paradise. No more ; — where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. tf TO ADVERSITY. Tov ^£ov7tv BpoTouj o&o».. ^SCHYLUS, in Agamemnone. [This Ode was originally... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet, ah! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too...swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more;—where ignorance is bliss, Tis folly to be wise. [It has been well remarked by a Writer in the... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pages
...The tender for another's pain, TV unfeeling for his own. Yet, ah ! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too...more ; — where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. [It has been well remarked by a Writer in the Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. Ixviii. p. 481. that... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
..., Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why should they know their fate ? Since sorrow never comes to late , And happiness too swiftly flies: Thought would...more ; where ignorance is bliss , "•Tis folly to be wise. GHAT. CHAP. X. Elegy -written in a Country Church" . Yard. JL HE curfew tolls the knell of... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...own. Yet, all ! why should they know their li'.i- • Since Sorrow never comes too late, And Happinew too swiftly flies : Thought would destroy their paradise. No more : where ignorance is hliss, ' 1 1- folly to he wise. tut COUNTRY BOX, 1757. BY ROBERT LLOYD, AM THE wealthy Cit, grown old... | |
| John Wilkes - 1805 - 348 pages
...about like two kittens. — Happy, happy, happy, pair ! Yet ah ! why should they know their fate >' Since sorrow never comes, too late, And happiness...their paradise. No more; where ignorance is bliss, 'T is folly to be wise. GRAY. The parcel, with the enclosures for 39 Dr. Price, is not yet arrived.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...The tender for another's puin, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah! why should they know their fate>. Since Sorrow never comes too late., And Happiness...paradise. No more; wh'ere ignorance is bliss 'Tis folly to be wise. ^ ODE IV. TO ADVERSITY. DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless pow'r, Thou tamer of the human breast,... | |
| 1806 - 408 pages
...The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why should they know their fate ! Since sorrow never comes too late, ' And happiness...paradise. No more; where ignorance is bliss, Tis folly to be wise. ODE OH the DEATH of a FAVOURITE CAT, Drimiud in a Tub of Gold-Fahet, (GRAT.) I. TWAS on a... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet, ah ! why should they know their fate ? Since Sorrow never comes too late, And Happiness too...paradise. No more: where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. .TRE COUNTRY BOX, 1757. BY ROBEIIT LLOYD, AM TRE wealthy Cit, grown old in trade, Now wishes... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why should they know their fate f Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too...paradise. No more ; where ignorance is bliss, Tis folly to be wise. ODE IV. TO ADVERSITY. Zvta To» tra.no., ru vct&et pM$a> ©frra Kfpi»i( tjytt, S, in Agamcmuone.... | |
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