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" WHILST some affect the sun, and some the shade, Some flee the city, some the hermitage ; Their aims as various, as the roads they take In journeying through life ; — the task be mine To paint the gloomy horrors of the tomb ; Th' appointed place of rendezvous,... "
The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by ... - Page 3
by Robert Blair - 1804
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...the bliss . . that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss . . is all that nation knows. Whilst some affect the sun, and some, the shade, Some . . flee the city, some, the hermitage, I paint the gloomy horrours of the tomb, The appointed place of rendezvous, where all These travellers...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 pages
...young and old, Meet to adore some calf of gold * ROBERT BLAIR. 1699-1747. FROM "THE ORATE." WHILST some affect the sun, and some the shade, Some flee the...Th' appointed place of rendezvous, where all These travellers meet. — Thy succours I implore, Eternal King ! whose potent arm sustains The keys of hell...
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The Bengalle, Or Sketches of Society in the East, Volume 1

Henry Barkley Henderson - 1843 - 374 pages
...Surgeon's Bungalow, whence I despatched a happy note to the Lieutenant. : THE MOFUSSIL. CHAPTER THE THIRD. To paint the gloomy horrors of the tomb, Th' appointed place of rendezvous, where all Earth's travellers meet BLAIR, IN a small community, the absence, by death, of one of it's members,...
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Hogg's Weekly Instructor, Volumes 1-2

1845 - 864 pages
...the hermitage ; Their alms as various aa the road* they take In journeying through life ,- the tank be mine To paint the gloomy horrors of the tomb : Th' appointed place of rendezvous, wlu-re all These tntv'llcr* meet. Thy succours I Implore, Kternal King, who*e potent arm sustain* The...
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The gift book for the young

Gift book - 1846 - 302 pages
...searching from the cradle to the grave, the pearl of happiness ; and though ostensibly " their aims may he as various as the roads they take in journeying through life,"* the secret hope of each is to attain it, despite the uncontradicted testimony of both Scripture and experience...
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The Renfrewshire Magazine

1847 - 522 pages
...which exists between the lines " While some affect the sun, and some the shade ; Some flee the'city, some the hermitage ; Their aims as various as the roads they take In journeying^ through life," and the opening of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal! — "Omnibus in terris, quae sunt a Gadibus usque Auroramet...
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The Grave: A Poem

Robert Blair - 1851 - 142 pages
...CORBOULD, STEEL. TUE GRAVE, ETCHING CLUB, STEEL. THE FALL OF THE LEAF, RETZSCH, REASE. WHILST some affect the sun, and some the shade. Some flee the...of rendezvous, where all These travelers meet. Thy succors I implore, Eternal King ! whose potent arm sustains The keys of hell and death. The Grave,...
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Guy's new speaker, selections of poetry and prose from the best writers in ...

Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...no further lashes, Methinks you may forgive his ashes" SELECTION FROM BLAIR. THE GRAVE. WHILST some affect the sun, and some the shade, Some flee the...task be mine To paint the gloomy horrors of the tomb ; The' appointed place of rendezvous, where all These travellers meet. Thy succours I implore, Eternal...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and ...

Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 pages
...the Night Thonghte."— ¿i/i of Qnvptr, vol. ii. p. 1-Й.] 447 FROM "THE GRAVE." WHILST some afl'ect the sun, and some the shade, Some flee the city, some...Th' appointed place of rendezvous, where all These travellers meet. Thy succours I implore, Eternal king! whose potent arm sustains The keys of hell and...
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School elocution : or The young academical orator

William Herbert - 1853 - 234 pages
...get a crown ? Tut ! were it further off, I'll pluck it down.— Shakspeare. THE GRAVE. Whilst some affect the sun, and some the shade, Some flee the city, some the hermitage ; Their alms as various as the roads they take In journeying through life ; — the task be mine, To paint...
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