| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 4156 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Gray (17161771) |
| QUOTATION: | Alas! regardless of their doom, The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | On a Distant Prospect of Eton College. Stanza 6. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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