 | Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pages
...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... | |
 | 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—- He passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, Be scatter'd... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...home Across the sands of Dee. WILLIAM KNOX. oa.' war SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD? OH ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Like a swift-fleeting...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... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1838 - 540 pages
...UOETALIT Y. O! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a light fleeting meteor, a fust fleeting cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave* The loaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 pages
...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 — He passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, Be scatter'd... | |
 | William Knox - 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 — He passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, j Be scattered... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 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 — He passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, Be scattered... | |
 | 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... | |
 | J Byres Laing - 1852 - 44 pages
...KNOX'S SONGS OF ISBAEL. MORTALITY. O WHY should the spirit of mortal be proud 1 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 willows sliall 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. "The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered... 
