Robert Blair
Overview
Quotations
The Schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.
Part I, line 58. Compare: "Whistling to keep myself from being afraid", John Dryden, Amphitryon Act iii, scene 1.
Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul!Sweetener of life! and solder of society!
Part I, line 88.
Of joys departed,Not to return, how painful the remembrance!
Part I, line 109.
The cup goes round:And who so artful as to put it by!'T is long since Death had the majority.
Part II, line 449.
The good he scorn'dStalk'd off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,Not to return; or if it did, in visitsLike those of angels, short and far between.
Part II, line 586. Compare: "Like angels’ visits, short and bright", John Norris, The Parting.