The Life of Richard Porson, M.A. ...

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Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 431 pages

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Page 95 - To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, The 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.
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