John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4153 Thomas Gray 1716-1771 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4153 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Gray (1716–1771) |
| QUOTATION: | Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shade! Ah, fields beloved in vain! Where once my careless childhood stray’d, A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On a Distant Prospect of Eton College. Stanza 2. |