 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...should they know their fate, • Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftjy flies? Thought wo~uld destroy their paradise. No more ; — where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. tf TO ADVERSITY. Tov ^£ov7tv BpoTouj o&o».. ^SCHYLUS, in Agamemnone. [This Ode was originally... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...why should they know their fate ? Since sorrow never comes to late , And happiness too swiftly flies: Thought would destroy their paradise. No more ; where ignorance is bliss , "•Tis folly to be wise. GHAT. CHAP. X. Elegy -written in a Country Church" . Yard. JL HE curfew tolls the knell of... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 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. [It has been well remarked by a Writer in the Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. Ixviii. p. 481. that... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 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. .TRE COUNTRY BOX, 1757. BY ROBEIIT LLOYD, AM TRE wealthy Cit, grown old in trade, Now wishes... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...should they know their fate>. Since Sorrow never comes too late., And Happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more; wh'ere ignorance is bliss 'Tis folly to be wise. ^ ODE IV. TO ADVERSITY. DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless pow'r, Thou tamer of the human breast,... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...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 OH the DEATH of a FAVOURITE CAT, Drimiud in a Tub of Gold-Fahet, (GRAT.) I. TWAS on a... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...why should they know their fate f 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. Zvta To» tra.no., ru vct&et pM$a> ©frra Kfpi»i( tjytt, S, in Agamcmuone.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...why should they know their fate! Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies. Thought be wise,. §74. Ode trt Adversity. GRAY. DAUOWTKR of JAte, relenilc« pow'r, Thou tamer of the human... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 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 TO ADVERSITY. [IBID.] DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast,... | |
 | 1811 - 566 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 tolly to be wise.' The next Ode, by Mr. Keate, in praise of Astronomy, is pretty ; it is also free... | |
| |
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. 
