Quote#Death
The cup goes round
Quote byRobert Blair · 1699–1746
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Grave (1743), Part II, line 449..
English (original)
The cup goes round: And who so artful as to put it by! 'T is long since Death had the majority.
— Robert Blair
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Of joys departed, Not to return, how painful the remembrance!
But if there be an hereafter, And that there is, conscience, uninfluenc'd And suffer'd to speak out, tells every man, Then must it be an awful thing to die; More horrid yet to die by one's own hand.
Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul! Sweetener of life! and solder of society!
The Grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou 'rt named: Nature, appall'd, Shakes off her wonted firmness.
The Schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.
Our time is fixed, and all our days are number'd; How long, how short, we know not:—this we know, Duty requires we calmly wait the summons, Nor dare to stir till Heaven shall give permission.