 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.  Letters, 1784-1789 - Страница 39по John Wilkes - 1805Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 страници
...; all are men, Condemned alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet, ah ! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow...their paradise No more ; — where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wite. The same is true of the following fine image : Hark, his hands the lyre explore... | |
 | 1847 - 490 страници
...sufferings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, The unfeeling for his own. Yet, ah ! why should they know their fate ! Since...their paradise. No more ; where ignorance is bliss 'Tis folly to be wise." The origin of the custom called the "Montem," celebrated every third year,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1847 - 276 страници
...liivs i he ic\\ -tranis. i iln deeper vital DM! tlie -onl with ie\ hand. , . :ill aiv men. Yet ah l why should they know their fate? Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flics. Thought would destroy their paradise. Xo more : where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis follv to be wise... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1849 - 256 страници
...into the general currency; but the name of Prior is rubbed out : PEIOR. If we see right, we see GRAY. Yet, ah ! why should they know their fate, „, , ... Since sorrow never comes Then what avails it to too late, have eyes ? our woes : From ignorance our comfort flows ; The only... | |
 | Eliza Buckminster Lee - 1849 - 562 страници
...innocent joys of childhood ? " Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies, No more ; — where ignorance is bliss, 'T is folly to be wise." Of youthful, or rather boyish friendships formed at this early period of Joseph's life, I can remember... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 страници
...men, Condemned alike to groan : The tender for another's pain, The unfeeling for his own. Yet ab ! why should they know their fate Since sorrow never...their paradise — No more ; — where ignorance is 'Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY. Daughter of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1850 - 532 страници
...pain, The unfeeling for his own. Yet, ah ! why should they know their fate ? Since sorrow never conies too late, And happiness too swiftly flies. Thought...their Paradise, No more ; where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. Johnson, who criticises Gray in more than even his usual spirit of sullen sarcasm,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 страници
...; all are men, Condemned alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, The unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why should they know their fate ? Since sorrow...Paradise — No more ; — where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. GRAY. 1 . The establishment to whirh Eton owes ail its importance is its College,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 страници
...: all are men, Condemned alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, The unfeeling for his own. Tie folly to be wise. [The Bard.— A Pindaric Ode.'] [This ode is founded on a tradition current In... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1851 - 378 страници
...only wretched are the wise." — Luke. Add Davenant. Just Italian, p. 32, " Since knowledge is but Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too...paradise. No more ; — where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. 100 HYMN TO ADVERSITY.* Tov Qpovelv Bporoif 6i5iiaavra, Ti£ iraQu fiatiipv... | |
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