| Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 страници
...away ! " 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, Man passcth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
| 1871 - 516 страници
...favorite poem, beginning — " 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," is, indeed, a gem. The last stanza especially affected... | |
| George Rhett Cathcart - 1871 - 200 страници
...sleep of death." Ex. 84. — MR. LINCOLN'S FAVORITE. 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. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
| Philip Lawrence - 1871 - 410 страници
...! " OH! WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD? f 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, Han passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 страници
...never been able to ascertain."] 0, WHY should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift -fleeting t dwelt on passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
| 1872 - 900 страници
...wrote it, but have never been able to ascertain."] 0, WHY should the spirit of mortal Ъе proud ? MZH( =]ɴ6> >E = ${۴ R= } ֖j : # . Җ M 2 9 d - [ 'M#/ ,8z S< / passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak arid the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
| Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey Forward Black - 1872 - 604 страници
...closing his eyes, he repeated the verses to nie : — ' Oil 1 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, lie passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be... | |
| 1872 - 710 страници
...And in Thy favor end ! 3334. MORTALITY, Heritage of. Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? nediction That follows after prayer. * Arabs, 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... | |
| Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1872 - 370 страници
...— OH! WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD V* 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 (he wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. • The leaves of the oak and the willow shall... | |
| 1872 - 588 страници
...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... | |
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