Thought would destroy their paradise..

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise..

Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor..

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the worl….

One principal characteristic of vice in the present age is the contempt of fame..

Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it..

Can storied urn, or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the du….

The paths of glory lead but to the grave..

Commerce changes entirely the fate and genius of nations, by communicating arts and opinions, circulating money, and introducing the materials of lux….

A fav'rite has no friend!.

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!.

Any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity..

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn..

They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy..

Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today..

As to posterity, I may ask what has it ever done to oblige me?.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms..

Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on ….

How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the great!.

In the evening, I walked alone down to the Lake by the side of Crow Park after sunset and saw the solemn coloring of night draw on, the last gleam of….

Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts, is lawful prize; Nor all that glisters gold..