 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...; Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To e$ch his suff'rings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan; The tender for in other's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why should they know their fate ? Since sorrow... | |
 | Alexander Graydon - History - 1811 - 394 pages
...remained behind to swell the mortality to several thousands. The dismay, was, if possible, encreased by the disagreement of the physicians as to the mode...the dangers which surrounded them. • To each his sufferings : all are menr' Condemn'd alike to groan, The tender for another's pain5 Th" unfeeling for... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...rage : Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand And slow consuming Age. L 3 To each his suff'rings : all are men, Condemn'd alike...to groan ; • ' • The tender for another's pain, . 'e, *' Th1 unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! Why should they know their fate 2 Since Sorrow never comes... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...vitals rage : fxi, Poverty, to 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 for another's pain, Th'unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why should they know thel fate Since Sorrow never comes top late,... | |
 | Friedrich von Matthisson - 1912 - 862 pages
...zertrümmert, ä1 Und dir, o Quell des Lichts, mein Geist entgegen schimmert! 43. Elisas Geburtstag. To each his suff'rings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan, The tender for another's pain; Th'unfeeling for bis own. Gray. 1779. Dein gedenk' ich, o Freundin, mit Thränen des Danks und Dein... | |
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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. 