 | United States. 45th Cong., 2d sess., 1877-1878, United States. Congress - 1878 - 144 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | M. Josephine Warren - 1879 - 400 σελίδες
...SPIRIT OF MORTAL 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, 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 σελίδες
...death comes and ends all. " 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 leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade,... | |
 | United States. 45th Cong.. 3d sess., 1878-1879, United States. Congress - 1880 - 116 σελίδες
...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...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... | |
 | United States. 45th Cong.. 3d sess., 1878-1879, United States. Congress - 1880 - 120 σελίδες
...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 in the grave. * * * • • 'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health, to... | |
 | 1880 - 198 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 σελίδες
...swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-Hying eloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He p;usseth f such !2 He scattered around, and together be laid ; As the young and the old, the low and the high, Shall crumble... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 σελίδες
...OF MORTAL BE PROUD t Он, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a fast-flitting meteor, mounted By He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be... | |
 | 1881 - 520 σελίδες
...JOHN CLARE. Mortality. 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 leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature. Senate - 1881 - 714 σελίδες
...Abraham Lincoln : " Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be prond? 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. ***** 'TIs the wink of an eye— 'tis the draft of a... | |
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OH! WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL 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, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. 
