"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."
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Robert Blair
Robert Blair (1699 – 4 February 1746) was a Scottish poet.
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