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...comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies; Where ignorance ii Hiss, ' 'Tit fatty to be wise." The same thought is expressed by Sir W. Davenant in...Then what avails us to have eyes? From ignorance our comfort Jlnu-s, Tlte only wretched are the via. " A third sample in Gray is borrowed from Milton. The...

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...swiftly flies. ****** * * * where ignorance is bliss 'Tis folly to be wise." Davenant has the same idea in the lines : — " Then ask not bodies doom'd to...is but sorrow's spy, 'Tis better not to know." But it is still more obviously assignable to Prior : — " Seeing aright we see our woes, The true source,...

...1. ntinued. We know what we are, but know not what we may be. Sh. Ham. iv. 5. Ask not bodies doomed to die, To what abode they go, Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know. Davenant, Philosopher and Lover. Sure there is none but fears a future state...

...for example this, which appears to call into question the resurrection : ' But ask not bodies doomed to die, To what abode they go : Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know.' At the same time ' the Philosopher ' here does not so much deny that there...

...significant stanza, which appears to call into question the resurrection : ' But ask not bodies doomed to die, To what abode they go : Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know.' At the same time ' the Philosopher ' here does not so much deny that there...

...doth blind His pride, 'till it conduce To destine all his abject kind For some eternal use. 2. But ask not bodies, doom'd to die, To what abode they go; Since Knowledge is but sorrow's Spy, It is not safe to know. Enter MERVOLLE. Of graves ! 'till you disquiet all the spheres, And put harmonious...

...doth blind His pride, 'till it conduce To destine all his abject kind For some eternal use. 2. But ask not bodies, doom'd to die, To what abode they go ; Since Knowledge is but sorrow's Spy, It is not safe to know. Enter MERVOLLE. MKKV. Howl, howl ! Until you wake the inhabitants Of graves...