| Alfred Johnson Cotton - 1874 - 230 páginas
...THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD.' O 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 rest in the grave. ! The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 páginas
...sHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD? 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 passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade. Be... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 páginas
...flight is past, — and man forgot ! HENRY KING. 0, WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD? 0, 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... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 204 páginas
...; he 'll wake no more ; He sleeps the sleep of death." Ex. 84. — MB. LINCOLN'S FAVORITE. OH ! 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... | |
| 1876 - 216 páginas
...I proclaim, you are conquerors I 0, WHY SHOULD THE SPIBIT OF MOETAL BE PBOUD? WILLIAM KNOX. 0, 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 o£ the oak and the willow shall fade — Be scattered around, and together be laid ;... | |
| Thomas Edie Hill - 1876 - 360 páginas
...etated to he of Jewish origin and composition, and we think wag credited to "Songs of Israel."] , 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... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 páginas
...SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD? 0, 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 passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be... | |
| 1876 - 734 páginas
...PKOUD? OH, why should the spirit of mortal he proud ? Like a swift, fleeting meteor, a fast llyin^ cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, Man passelh from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the wilJow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
| 1881 - 210 páginas
...Mr. Carpenter wrote it down at the time, word lor word, from the martyred President's lins : 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 passe th from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, 3!o... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 312 páginas
...star on eternity's ocean 1 PM JAMES. 0 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... | |
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