 | 1882 - 354 страници
...stays — we go! Jftortaltty. H, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? • I 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... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 страници
...PROUD? WILLIAM KNOX. President Lincoln's Favorite Poem. H ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud 1 Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fastflying cloud,...Man passeth 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 young... | |
 | Thomas Edie Hill - 1883 - 542 страници
...SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD? BY WILLIAM KNOX. H, why should tho spirit of mortal be proud? 1 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. G) The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 страници
...sincerest flattery. The Lacon. WILLIAM KNOX. 1789-1825. 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 passes from life to his rest in the grave. 0, ichy should the Sjilrit of Mortal be proud! I Written... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 932 страници
...PROUD? WILLIAM KNOX. President Lincoln's Favorite Poem. $11 ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fastflying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of •f the wave, J Man passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow... | |
 | Henry Curwen - 1884 - 338 страници
...Lincoln's now ; for his sake we quote a few verses : — " 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 maid on whose cheek, on whose brow, in whose eye... | |
 | 1885 - 686 страници
...with his O, WHY SHOULD 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 his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - 1886 - 804 страници
...charming volume, The Inner Life of Abraham Lincoln. 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 passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 страници
...not know the author's name, but subsequently learned H ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud,...Man passeth 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 young... | |
 | 1887 - 410 страници
...In. dex. LINCOLH'S PAVORITE POEM. Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fitting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the iravu— Man passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall... | |
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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. 
