 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
 | George G. Evans - Washington (D.C.) - 1892 - 296 pages
...LINCOLN. 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,...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... | |
 | Henry Clay Whitney - Booksellers and bookselling - 1892 - 772 pages
...verses, which he did not know: 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 willow shall fade, Be... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1116 pages
...Hudibras, Part II., Canto ii., 1.1065. 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. BBN JONSON : Every Man in his Humor, Act iii., Sc. 3.... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1114 pages
...Part П., Canto п., 1. 1065. Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud Т 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. WILLIAM KNOX: Mortality. Such souls, Whose sudden visitations... | |
 | Flora N. Kightlinger - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1892 - 466 pages
...spot in all our hearts.] OH, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a fast-flitting moteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passes from life to his rest iu the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
 | Readers - 1893 - 262 pages
...pains. 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, Man passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
 | Alexander Milton Ross - Antislavery movements - 1893 - 302 pages
...: — OH! WHY SHOULD THK SPIRIT OK MORTAL BK 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. The leaves of the imk und the willow ah. ill fade, Do... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1893 - 528 pages
...word for word, from the martyred President's lipa : OU, 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 paeseth froni Ufe to his rest in the grave. The leaves of *be oak and the willow shall fade, '... | |
 | United States. 52d Cong., 2d sess., 1892-1893 - 1893 - 64 pages
...sentiments expressed in the following gem of poetry : Oh, why sin mli I the spirit of mortal be proud f Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, . A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid, And the... | |
 | John W. Iliff - Elocution - 1893 - 616 pages
...been able to ascertain.1'] O, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift.fleeting meteor, 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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