 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 508 páginas
...the President, the Governor, or the Mayor, do it ? XXXIII.— THE VANITY OF HUMAN PRIDE. 1. Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud \ Like a swift-fleeting...wave, Man. passes from life to his rest in the grave. / 2. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around and together be laid ; And... | |
 | United States. 45th Cong., 2d sess., 1877-1878, United States. Congress - 1878 - 144 páginas
...wave. Well did the poet say — 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 passeth from life to his rest In the grave. * * * * * • The hand of the king that the scepter... | |
 | Thomas Edie Hill - 1879 - 398 páginas
...stated to be of Jewish origin and composition, and we think was credited to "Songs of Israel."] ill, 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... | |
 | M. Josephine Warren - 1879 - 400 páginas
...singing, The Lore-lei has done ! — Heine, 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. 8* The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade,... | |
 | Joseph Augustus Seiss - 1879 - 404 páginas
...they never had been. We tarry here but a little while, and then death comes and ends all. " 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,... | |
 | R. H. Andrews - 1915 - 452 páginas
...the December Summary, but another time "ELTONICUS." Ohio. SUDDEN DEATH Editor Medical Summary: "Why should the spirit of mortal be proud.' Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud ; A flash of lightning, or the break of the wave, He passes from earth, to his rest in the grave." Sudden death... | |
 | United States. 45th Cong.. 3d sess., 1878-1879, United States. Congress - 1880 - 116 páginas
...his life goes out, and he is gone forever. What a commentary on the pride and vanity of man. Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeting...wave, Man passes from life to his rest in the grave. * * * • * Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health, to the... | |
 | 1880 - 198 páginas
...yard is indeed a "City of the Dead," for they who rest here in their graves are counted by thousands. A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, Man passes from life to his rest in the grave." What a comparison between the Conewago of to-day, and that of one hundred and forty or fifty years... | |
 | United States. 45th Cong.. 3d sess., 1878-1879, United States. Congress - 1880 - 120 páginas
...his life goes out, and he is gone forever. What a commentary on the pride and vanity of man. 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 páginas
...it. but have never lieen able to ascertain." He did afterwards learn the name of the author. 0, WHY ilson fast-Hying eloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He p;usseth from life to his rest... | |
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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. 
