“ Beauty! thou pretty plaything! dear deceit, That steals so softly o'er the stripling's heart, And gives it a new pulse unknown before! ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 3.6K
“ The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up. ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Careless, unsocial plant! that loves to dwell 'Midst skulls and coffins, epitaphs and worms: Where light-heel'd ghosts and visionary shades, Beneath the wan, cold Moon (as Fame reports) Embodied, thick, perform their mystic rounds No other merriment, dull tree! is thine. ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 2.6K
“ See yonder maker of the dead man's bed, The sexton, hoary-headed chronicle, Of hard, unmeaning face, down which ne'er stole A gentle tear. ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 2K
“ Anxiety is the poison of humans life. It is the parent of many sins, and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, where you may be disappointed, and be blessed in dis-appointment, what means this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can your solicitude alter the cause or unravel the intricacy of human events? ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 3K
“ The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame, Die fast away: only themselves die faster. The far-fam'd sculptor, and the laurell'd bard, Those bold insurancers of deathless fame, Supply their little feeble aids in vain. ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Anxiety is the poison of humans life. It is the parent of many sins, and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, where you may be disappointed, and be blessed in dis-appointment, what means this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can your solicitude alter the cause or unravel the intricacy of human events? ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Of joys departed, not to return, how painful the remembrance. ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 1K
“ The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up. ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 1.9K
“ The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up. ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 2.4K
“ The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up. ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 1.9K
“ Th' oppressive, sturdy, man-destroying villains, Who ravag'd kingdoms, and laid empires waste, And in a cruel wantonness of power, Thinn'd states of half their people, and gave up To want the rest. ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 1.4K
“ The good he scorned Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost, Not to return; or if it did, in visits Like those of angels, short and far between. ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Anxiety is the poison of humans life. It is the parent of many sins, and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, where you may be disappointed, and be blessed in dis-appointment, what means this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can your solicitude alter the cause or unravel the intricacy of human events? ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 1.1K
“ Anxiety is the poison of humans life. It is the parent of many sins, and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, where you may be disappointed, and be blessed in dis-appointment, what means this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can your solicitude alter the cause or unravel the intricacy of human events? ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 2.5K
“ Anxiety is the poison of humans life. It is the parent of many sins, and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, where you may be disappointed, and be blessed in dis-appointment, what means this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can your solicitude alter the cause or unravel the intricacy of human events? ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 814
“ Beauty! thou pretty plaything! dear deceit, That steals so softly o'er the stripling's heart, And gives it a new pulse unknown before! ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 2.3K
“ Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with being ridiculous, and often end in being vicious. ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 792
“ Anxiety is the poison of humans life. It is the parent of many sins, and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, where you may be disappointed, and be blessed in dis-appointment, what means this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can your solicitude alter the cause or unravel the intricacy of human events? ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Anxiety is the poison of humans life. It is the parent of many sins, and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, where you may be disappointed, and be blessed in dis-appointment, what means this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can your solicitude alter the cause or unravel the intricacy of human events? ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Th' oppressive, sturdy, man-destroying villains, Who ravag'd kingdoms, and laid empires waste, And in a cruel wantonness of power, Thinn'd states of half their people, and gave up To want the rest. ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
- 1.3K
“ The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame, Die fast away: only themselves die faster. The far-fam'd sculptor, and the laurell'd bard, Those bold insurancers of deathless fame, Supply their little feeble aids in vain. ”
- Robert Blair- Copy
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