Full Many A Gem Of

Gay Hope Is Theirs By Fancy Fed, Less Pleasing When Possest; The Tear Forgot As Soon As Shed, The Sunshine Of The Breast.

Where Ignorance Is Bliss, 'tis Folly To Be Wise.

Ah, Tell Them They Are Men!

And Moody Madness Laughing Wild Amid Severest Woe.

But Knowledge To Their Eyes Her Ample Page Rich With The Spoils Of Time Did Ne'er Unroll; Chill Penury Repressed Their Noble Rage, And Froze The Genial Current Of The Soul.