[etni] [FWD: Re: "ignorance is bliss"]

 
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Subject: Re: [etni] [FWD: "ignorance is bliss"]
From: morris <morris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 
here is the source 
  
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College 
(1742)
Ye distant spires, ye antique towers,
That crown the wat'ry glade. 
St. 1 
Still as they run they look behind,
They hear a voice in every wind,
And snatch a fearful joy. 
St. 4 
Alas, regardless of their doom,
The little victims play!
No sense have they of ills to come,
Nor care beyond today. 
St. 6 
Grim-visaged comfortless Despair. 
St. 7 
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 comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies.
Thought would destroy their paradise.
No more; where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise. 
St. 10 
 

Linda wrote:
> I am trying to find out the real expression, as I heard the one above is not 
> correct. Does anybody know??

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