 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 25by Thomas Gray - 1770 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
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...This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring finew ftrains, Thofe in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, poverty, to fill the .band, That...with icy hand, And flow-confuming age. To each his fuff 'rings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan, The tender for another's pain ; 'Th' unfeeling... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 344 pages
...This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring finew firains, Thofe in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, poverty, to fill the band, That...another's pain ; 'Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why mould they know their fate ! Since forrow never comes too late, And happinefs too fwift'y flies. Thought... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1765 - 410 pages
...This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every lab'ring finew ftrains, Thofe in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, poverty, to fill the band, That...his own. Yet ah ! why fhould they know their fate I Since forrow never comes too late, And happinefs too fwiftly flies. Thought would deftroy their paradife.... | |
 | Collection - 1766 - 356 pages
...This racks the joints, this fires the veins. That every lab'ring finew ftrains, Thofe in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, poverty, to fill the band, That...why fhould they know their fate, Since forrow never conies too late, And happinefs too fwiftly flies* Thought would deftroy their paradife. No more ; where... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1768 - 142 pages
...ireful mood. Dry lien's Fablt tf P alamos and' Arcite. PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE. 25 Thofe in the deeper vitals rage: Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs...Age. To each his fufFrings: all are men, Condemn'd dlike to groan, The tender for another's pain; Th' unfeeling -for his own. Yet ah ! why mould they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 456 pages
...joints, this Ares the veins, That every labouring finew ftrains, Thofe in the deeper vitals rage i Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the foul...with icy hand, And flow-confuming Age. To each his fufferings i all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...hideous than their queen: This racks the joints, this fires the veintj That every labouring finew drains; That numbs the foul with icy hand; And flow-confuming...own. Yet, ah ! why fhould they know their fate? Since forrownever comes <oo late, And happinefs too fwiftly flies: Thought would deftroy their paradife.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 390 pages
...numbs the foul with icy hand, And flow-confuming Age. To each his fufferings i all are men, Condemn" d alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. * — • Madnefs laughing in his ireful mood. Dryden's Fable of Palamon and Arcite. Yet ah ! why mould... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 386 pages
...This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every lab'ring finew Strains, Thofe in the deeper vitals rage ; Lo, poverty, to fill the band, , That...another's pain ; Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah! why fhoirld they know their fate ! Since forrow never comes too late, And happinefs too fwiftly flies.... | |
 | English poetry - 1782 - 516 pages
...This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring finew ftrains, Thofe in the deeper vitals rage : Lo! Poverty, to fill the band, That...with icy hand, And flow-confuming Age. To each his fufPrings : all are met);, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, Th" unfeeling... | |
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