Ocupation: Poet
Life: December 26, 1716 - July 30, 1771
Birthday: December 26
Death: July 30
Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today.
source: 'Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College' (1747) l. 51
topic: Children, Parenting, Play, If Ignorance Is Bliss