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 - Pàgina 25per Thomas Gray - 1770 - 120 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| William Enfield - 1805 - 456 pàgines
...racks the joints, this fires thevein^. That every labouring finew ftrains, Thofe in the deeper vitftls rage : Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the foul with icy hand, And flow confuming Age. To each kis fuff'ring» : all are men, Condemn'd alike to .groan; The tender lor... | |
| 1806 - 408 pàgines
...fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming age. To each his suft'rings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan; The tender...another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why should they know their fate ! Since sorrow never comes too late, ' And happiness too swiftly flies.... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pàgines
...to fill the hand. That numhs the soul with icy hand; To each his suff'rings: all are men, Condciun'd alike to groan, The tender for another's pain, 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... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pàgines
...fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his suff'rings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender...another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why should they know their fate f Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies. Thought... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1808 - 302 pàgines
...or sublimity. In the classic ode on Eton college, the poet exclaims, — " To each their sufferings, all are men Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for their own." Who but a half witted dunce would ask, how those that are unfeeling can have sufferings?... | |
| 1808 - 744 pàgines
...e.xaft tranflation of thefe w^ll known lines of Gray. " To each his forrows. All are me», Ordain'd alike to groan ; .* The tender for another's pain, Th* unfeeling for his own." Such ufe made of a foreign writer does honour both to the original and to the imitator. It is impoilible,... | |
| 1808 - 748 pàgines
...an exact tranilation of thefe well known lines of Gray. " To each his forrows. All are mca, Ordain'd alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own." Such life made of a foreign writer docs honour both to the original and to the imitator. It is impoflible,... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 pàgines
...vitals rage; Lol Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, To each his suff'rings; all are men Condemn'd alike to groan, The tender for...another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah! why should they know their fate, Since Sorrow never conies too late, And Happiness too swiftly flies ?... | |
| 1809 - 402 pàgines
...fill the band, That 'numbs the soul with icy hand : And slow consuming aga. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender...another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet, ah ! why should they know their fat* J Since sorrow never romes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies. Thought... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 302 pàgines
...fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age, To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender...another's pain, 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... | |
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