 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
 | William George Bruce - History - 1922 - 814 pages
...(The first stanza is as follows: ( Oh, why should the spirit of mortal he proud? Like a swift-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.) Carl Schurz, considering this great tragedy, writes... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - Religious poetry - 1923 - 890 pages
...SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD? WILLIAM KNOX O why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like swift-flying 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... | |
 | United States. Congress - Legislators - 1924 - 276 pages
...memory. by &epre*entatibe Crisp Of Georgia Mr. SPEAKER: 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 earth to rest in his grave. Mr. Speaker, of a surety, Death is no respecter of persons;... | |
 | Henry Bascom Rankin - Presidents - 1924 - 378 pages
...door-frame, and half closing his eyes he repeated : 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. 76 The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade,... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - Lincoln family (Samuel Lincoln, 1619?-1690) - 1924 - 456 pages
...intervals as long as he lived: "Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeing 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." Again and again in later life he repeated to friends... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 408 pages
...ascertain." He did afterwards learn the name of the author. 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... | |
 | Edwin Markham - American poetry - 1927 - 402 pages
...never been able to ascertain." He was told, in 1864. 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... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - 1926 - 528 pages
...Neither do I know who is the author." The poem read: 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... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - 1926 - 528 pages
...Neither do I know who is the author." The poem read: 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... | |
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