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The Schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,
Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.

— Robert Blair The Grave (1743)

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When it draws near to witching time of night.

The Grave (1743)

The Grave, dread thing!
Men shiver when thou 'rt named: Nature, appall'd,
Shakes off her wonted firmness.

The Grave (1743)

Of joys departed,
Not to return, how painful the remembrance!

The Grave (1743)

The common damn'd shun their society.

The Grave (1743)

The cup goes round:
And who so artful as to put it by!
'T is long since Death had the majority.

The Grave (1743)

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Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage.

Bertrand Russell Education and the Social Order (1932)

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