 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 Life Work of William McKinley - Page 224by Edward T. Roe - 1901 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Readers and speakers - 1876 - 216 pages
...WHY SHOULD THE SPIBIT OF MOETAL BE PBOUD? WILLIAM KNOX. 0, 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 o£ the oak and the willow shall fade — Be... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 202 pages
...sleep of death." Ex. 84. — MB. 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 pages
...HENRY KING. 0, WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD? 0, 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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD? 0, 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 leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be... | |
 | Recitations - 1876 - 734 pages
...PKOUD? OH, why should the spirit of mortal he proud ? Like a swift, fleeting meteor, a fast llyin^ cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, Man passelh from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the wilJow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1881 - 210 pages
...time, word lor word, from the martyred President's lins : 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 passe th from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, 3!o... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 312 pages
...star on eternity's ocean 1 PM JAMES. 0 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... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1878 - 508 pages
...Mayor, do it ? XXXIII.— THE VANITY OF HUMAN PRIDE. 1. Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud \ Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud,...flash of- the lightning, a break of the wave, Man. passes from life to his rest in the grave. / 2. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be... | |
 | Thomas Edie Hill - Business - 1879 - 398 pages
...composition, and we think was credited to "Songs of Israel."] ill, 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... | |
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