Gray and Collins Quotes

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

- Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College”
― Thomas Gray, Gray and Collins: Poetical Works

“The generous spark extinct revive,
Teach me to love and to forgive,
Exact my own defects to scan,
What others are, to feel, and to know myself a Man.

- Hymn to Adversity”
― Thomas Gray, Gray and Collins: Poetical Works

“Unhappy Land, whose Blessings tempt the Sword.

Eclogue the Fourth. Agib and Secander; or the Fugitives”
― William Collins, Gray and Collins: Poetical Works

“Curst be the Gold and Silver which persuade
Weak Men to follow far-fatiguing Trade!
The Lilly-Peace outshines the silver Store,
And Life is dearer than the golden Ore.
Yet Money tempts us o'er the Desert brown,
To ev'ry distant Mart and wealthy Town:
Full oft we tempt the Land and Sea;
And are we only yet repay'd by Thee?
Ah! why was Ruin so attractive made,
Or why fond Man so easily betrayed?

-Eclogue the Second. Hassan; or the Camel-driver”
― William Collins, Gray and Collins: Poetical Works

“Sad was the Hour, and luckless was the Day.

- Eclogue the Second: Hassan; or the Camel-driver”
― William Collins, Gray and Collins: Poetical Works