 | 1872 - 710 páginas
...may tend ; That we begin it at Thy word, And in Thy favor end ! 3334. MORTALITY, Heritage of. Oh, why ess pulse of care, And come like ths benediction That...And as silently steal away. HW Longfellow. 2783. He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall Be scattered... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 604 páginas
...able to ascertain.' " Then, half closing his eyes, he repeated the verses to nie : — ' Oil 1 why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift-fleeting...cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, lie passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1872 - 370 páginas
...one by one, as they fell from his lips : — OH! WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD V* Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift-fleeting...fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of (he wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. • The leaves of the oak and the willow shall... | |
 | 1872 - 588 páginas
...and cxcelent poetry. — ED. Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ! Like the swift-flowing 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... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 páginas
...verses to me : — " ' Oh I why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift-fleeting racteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, lie passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Bo... | |
 | 1873 - 110 páginas
...gone to perdition." And he quoted from Knox, the Scottish poet, these well-known lines, — uOh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeting...meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a breast of the wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave,'' — admirable lines, containing... | |
 | Oliver Optic - 1868 - 868 páginas
...¥HT SHOULD THE SPIEIT ОГ MORTAL BE PEOUD7* BY WILLIAM KNOX. О 'WHY should the spirit of MOR> TAL be PROUD ? Like a swift-fleeting '"METEOR, a fastflying...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 * may FADE, Be... | |
 | Lynn (Mass.). Second Congregational Society - 1873 - 108 páginas
...to perdition." And he quoted from Knox, the Scottish poet, these well-known lines, — •'Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeting...meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a breast of the wave, lie passcth from lift1 to his rest in the grave," — admirable lines, containing... | |
 | John Carroll Power - 1873 - 432 páginas
...death has made him immortal." " 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, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave." The above is the first verse of a hymn which was a... | |
 | Rodney Glisan - 1874 - 580 páginas
...surrounded by a doting and happy family, all unconscious that the angel of death was hovering near. " O, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift-fleeting...wave, Man passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid ; And the... | |
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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. 
