 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.  Poems. By Mr. Gray - Page 60by Thomas Gray - 1790 - 178 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1755 - 348 pages
...hideous than their queen : This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring finew ftrains, Thofe in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, poverty,...for his own. Yet ah ! why mould they know their fate I Since forrow never comes too late, And happinefs too fwiftly flies. Thought would <}eftroy their... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 344 pages
...fill the band, That numbs the foul with icy hand, And flow-confumin^ age. To each his fuff'rings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan, The tender...another's pain ; 'Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why fhould they know their fate ! Since forrow never comes too late, And happinefs too fwiftly flies. Thought... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 420 pages
...to fill the band, That numbs the foul with icy hand, And flow-confuming age. To each his fufPrings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan, The tender...for his own. Yet ah ! why mould they know their fate f Since forrow never comes too late, And happinefs too fwiftly flies. Thought would deftroy their paradife.... | |
 | Collection - 1766 - 356 pages
...fill the band, That numbs the foul with icy hand,', And flow-confuming age. To each his fuff'rings: all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan, The tender...another's pain ; Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah! why fhould they know their fate, Since forrow never conies too late, And happinefs too fwiftly flies* Thought... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1768 - 142 pages
...the foul with icy hand, And flow-confuming Age. To each his fufFrings: all are men, Condemn'd dlike to groan, The tender for another's pain; Th' unfeeling...their fate ? Since forrow never comes too late, And happinefs too fwiftly flies. Thought would deftroy their paradife. No more; ivhere ignorance is blifs,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1768 - 132 pages
...Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the foul with icy hand, And flow-confuming To each his fuff'rings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender...another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why fliould they know their fate ? Since forrow never comes too late, And happinefs too fwiftly flies.... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1770 - 402 pages
...to fill the band, That numbs the foul with icy hand, And flow-confuming age. To each his fuff'rings: all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan, The tender...another's pain; Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why fhould they know their fate! Since forrow never comes too late, And happinefs too fwiftly flies. Thought... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1770 - 136 pages
...fill the band, That numbs the foul with icy hand, And flow-confuming Age. To each his fuff'rings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender...another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why fhould they know their fate ! Since forrow never comes too late, And hnppinefs too fwiftly flies. Thought... | |
 | John Bascroft - 1770 - 374 pages
...Poverty, to fill the Band, That numbs the Soul with icy Hand, And flow-confuming Age. To each his Suff 'rings : All are Men, Condemn'd alike to groan, The Tender for another's Pain j. Th' Unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why fhould they know their Fate, Since Sorrow never comes too... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Authors, English - 1775 - 542 pages
...to fill the band, That numbs the foul with icy hand, And flow-confuming Age. To _^ To each his fufP rings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan; The...another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why fhould they know their fate ? Since forrow never comes too late, And happinefs too fwiftly flies. Thought... | |
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