Filter quotes by topic
Famous Robert Blair Quotes
Source: The Poems of Falconer, Day, Blair, Glynn, and Porteus
“Of joys departed, not to return, how painful the remembrance”
Source: The Poetical Works of Robert Blair: Containing The Grave, Etc., to which is Prefixed, A Life of the Author, by Robert Anderson, Accompanied by Prints, Designed and Engraved by W. Gardiner
“Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.”
Source: The grave,: a poem,
“How blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver in comparison with those of guilt.”
Source: Sacred poems: comprising The grave, by R. Blair: The last day, by E. Young: Death, by bishop Porteus: and some minor pieces. With memoirs and notes by S. Drew
“Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Robert Blair: Containing The Grave, Etc., to which is Prefixed, A Life of the Author, by Robert Anderson, Accompanied by Prints, Designed and Engraved by W. Gardiner
Source: The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by Gray. Death, a poem, by bishop Porteus [&c.].
“When it draws near to witching time of night.”
Source: The Grave: A Poem
Source: Sacred poems: comprising The grave, by R. Blair: The last day, by E. Young: Death, by bishop Porteus: and some minor pieces. With memoirs and notes by S. Drew
Source: The Grave: A Poem
Source: The Poetical Works of Robert Blair: Containing The Grave, Etc., to which is Prefixed, A Life of the Author, by Robert Anderson, Accompanied by Prints, Designed and Engraved by W. Gardiner
Source: The grave,: a poem,
“The common damn'd shun their society.”
Source: The Grave and Other Select Poems on the Common Lot of Man
“Its visits, like those of angels, short, and far between.”
Source: Advice to Youth: Containing a Compendium of the Duties of Human Life, in Youth and Manhood