 | 1908 - 774 pàgines
...or of a friend but that there comes sweeping into my mind that verse so loved of Lincoln : Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeting...wave; Man passes from life to his rest in the grave. I quote these verses in order that I may venture to dissent from this sentiment. As I think iipon the... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - 1864 - 444 pàgines
...in'fant ; fcp's/ordepWis; s'riuk/or sArink. PRES. LINCOLN'S FAVORITE POEM. — MoCurcHEOS. 1. Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-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,... | |
 | 1864 - 272 pàgines
...the lines down, one by one, from his lips." OH ! WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MOETAL BE P&OUD ? O, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift-fleeting...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 scattered... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 840 pàgines
...feet, as nearly as I remember, I wrote the verses down, one by one, as he uttered them :* — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? — Like a...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 fnde, Be... | |
 | 1865 - 398 pàgines
...intrinsic beauty, but because when we read them we seem to get near his great and loving heart : — Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift-fleeting...cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passeth from life to bis rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be... | |
 | Frank Crosby - 1865 - 506 pàgines
...swift, fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightuing, a break of the waYe, Man passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, 15a scattered around and together be laid ; And the young and the old, and the low and the higL, Shall... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 886 pàgines
...verses down, one by one, as he uttered them :*— Oil I why should the spirit of mortal be proud T— Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, lie passeth from life to his rest in tho grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Bo... | |
 | Frank Crosby - 1865 - 498 pàgines
...relief from thought and care." 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 passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1865 - 232 pàgines
...first stanza reads thus : — " 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." The closing stanza is as follows : — " 'Tis the twink... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1865 - 78 pàgines
...sl)oulb tl)c Spirit of iHortal be 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. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
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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, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. 
