The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness.
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How shocking must thy summons be, O death, to him that is at ease in his possessions who, counting on long years of pleasure here, is quite unfurnished for the world to come.Robert Blair
When it draws near to witching time of night.
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Throughout the whole vegetable, sensible, and rational world, whatever makes progress towards maturity, as soon as it has passed that point, begins to verge towards decay.
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Its visits, like those of angels, short, and far between.
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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
How blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver in comparison with those of guilt.
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