 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.  Illustrated ed. Summer time in the country - Page 293by Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, Arid happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more ; — where ignorance is bliss, Tis folly to be wise. BONO. Thyrsi?, when we parted, swore Ere the spring he would return — Ah! what means yon... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 pages
...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. Turning reluctantly, however, from this our favourite bard, let us carry with us, like a lingering... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1866 - 298 pages
...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 ! ODE IV. TO ADVERSITY. ^6v (/VOK.H /Jporovt odwflei/ra Kvpitav e%etv jEscHYL. AGAMEM. DAUGHTER... | |
 | 1866 - 320 pages
...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. Hark, his hands the lyre explore ! Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictur'd... | |
 | Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve - 1868 - 406 pages
...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." But when one is not a sensitive and melancholy bachelor, like Gray, but a father, or, still... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1868 - 340 pages
...why shonld 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. — GRAY. 56. — STANZA OP TEN LINES, 10-8. (Couplets.) Now the bright morning-star, day's... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 pages
...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. a Jljruin. Oliver Goldsmith: 1728-1774. From ' The Deserted Village.' The Village. Sweet Auburn... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...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. OLIVER GOLDSMITH. (1728-1774.) BORN at the village of Pallas, in the county of Longford (Ireland],... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1869 - 306 pages
...know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too Ute, And happiness too swiftly flies ? Thought nould destroy their paradise. No more ; — where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise." We have nothing from his pen again until 1747, when he immortalized Mr. Walpole's favorite... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1870 - 456 pages
...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. TO ADVERSITY. - Zijva Tow ippoveiv Bporous 65waavra, rip irad€t /j.aduv Qcvra. Kvpiws €X€ivJiscHYurs,... | |
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