 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 886 páginas
...verses down, one by one, as he uttered them :*— Oil I why should the spirit of mortal be proud T— Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, lie passeth from life to his rest in tho grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Bo... | |
 | Frank Crosby - 1865 - 498 páginas
...relief from thought and care." Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift, fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, Man passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1865 - 78 páginas
...sl)oulb tl)c Spirit of iHortal be O why should the spirit of mortal be proud? — Like a fast-flitting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1865 - 232 páginas
...first stanza reads thus : — " Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a fast-flitting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passes from life to his rest in the grave." The closing stanza is as follows : — " 'Tis the twink... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1866 - 382 páginas
...one by one, as they fell from his lips : — OH! WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD?* Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift-fleeting...cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be... | |
 | Grand Army of the Republic - 1908 - 470 páginas
...of mortal be proud ; Like a swift fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud, A flash of the lightening, a break of the wave, Man passes from life to his rest in the grave." Since last we met in National Encampment more than ten thousand of our comrades have pitched their... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1866 - 222 páginas
...first stanza reads thus : — " Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a fast-flitting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passes from life to his rest in the grave." The closing stanza is as follows : — ** 'Tis the twink... | |
 | Nathaniel Kirk Richardson - 1866 - 204 páginas
...BE PROUD? OH, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift, fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, Man passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
 | William Baldwin Affleck - 1866 - 234 páginas
...seen in this poetic production of his, entitled, 0, WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MOE.TA1 BE PROUD?" 0, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift-fleeting meteor — a fast-Hying cloud — A flash of the lightning — a break of the wave — He passeth from life to his... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 524 páginas
...repeated eleven verses of a poem of which we here give the first and last stanzas : — " Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift-fleeting...cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passcth from life to the rest of the grave. 'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,... | |
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Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, Man passes from life to his rest in the grave. 
