 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 the willow shall fade, Be scattered...  Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, - Page 308by Carl Sandburg - 1926Full view - About this book
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...Israel."* I. O 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. II. The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid ; And... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...MORTALITY. O 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—-...his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, Be scatter'd around, and together be laid ; And the young and the old, and the... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...MORTALITY. i. 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. ii. The leaves of the oak aud the willows shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid ; And... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
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...HASTtNOS WELD. 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...his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, Be scatter'd around, and together be laid; And the young and the old, and the low... | |
 | William Knox - Christian poetry, English - 1847 - 240 pages
...ECCLESIASTES, i.) O 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...his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, j Be scattered around, and together be laid ; And the young and the old, and the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1849 - 578 pages
...MORTALITY. 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...his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid ; And the young and the old, and the... | |
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...why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a fast-flitting meteor, a wind-driven cloud — Like a flash of the lightning, a break of the wave — He passes from life to his rest in the grave ! 'T is the twink of an eye, "t is the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness... | |
 | Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 pages
...PROUD ? 1. OH, why should the spirit of mortal be proud * Like a fast-fleeting meteor, a fast-fleeting cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. 2. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be... | |
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