 | 1872 - 710 σελίδες
...wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, [death, From the blossom of health to the paleness of o more ! oh ! say not so ! And downward is not just; For the sight is weak be proud ? Wittiam Knox. 2335. MORTALITY, Human, Like as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 604 σελίδες
...'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the glided saloon to the bier and the shroud, — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? ' " It was only a year or two after the death of Ann Rutledge that Mr. Lincoln told Robert... | |
 | John Carroll Power - 1873 - 432 σελίδες
...tear, the song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. "'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud ; O, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ?" While the procession was escorting the remains to... | |
 | Oliver Optic - 1868 - 868 σελίδες
...the !*SONG and the "DIRGE, TiTiLL * FOLLOW each other, like surge upon surge. T:s the "WINK * of an 'EYE — 'tis the "DRAUGHT * of a 'BREATH — From...From the gilded 'SALOON to the 'BIER and the 'SHROUD : — ! • 0, !WHY * should the spirit of "MORTAL * be 'PROUD ? HOMAGE. T^OR several centuries of... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 σελίδες
...tears, the song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. 'T is the wink of an ` bierand theshroud, — • 0, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? WILLIAM K\ox. ELEONORA. ELEGY... | |
 | Alfred Johnson Cotton - 1874 - 230 σελίδες
...the tear, the song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. 'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud— O, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? O, indeed ! is that not most beautiful, beautiful ? JANE... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 σελίδες
...tear, the song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. 'T is the twink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud, — 0, why should the spirit of mortal be proud I RICHARD H. BARHAM. [1788-18450 THE JACKDAW OF RHEMS.... | |
 | 1905 - 1144 σελίδες
...yet almost every day he sees the poetic statement proven true, that " 'Tis the wink of an eye, "Its the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health To the paleness of death." But, we think, as time passes, and greater enlightenment on these matters is obtained by the general... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 σελίδες
...song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. "T is the twink of an eye, 't is the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness <>f death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud, — 0, why should the spirit of mortal... | |
 | Thomas Edie Hill - 1876 - 360 σελίδες
...song and the dirge. Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. 'T is the wink of an eye, "t is the draught of a breath ; From the blossom of health...the shroud, — Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? ROLL CALL. itORPORAL Green !" the orderly cried ; " Here ! " was the answer loud and clear,... | |
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tis the draught of a breath — From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud: — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? WILLIAM KNOX. 
