 tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death ; From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud : — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?  Wisconsin Journal of Education - Page 1911898Full view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...'T is the wink of an eye ; 't is the draught of a breath From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud ; 0, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? WILLIAM KNOX MAX'S MORTALITY. LIKE as the damask rose... | |
 | United States. 45th Cong.. 3d sess., 1878-1879, United States. Congress - 1880 - 120 pages
...'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health, to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud — Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Why, sir, look around you, and see the silent resting-places... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pages
...'Tis the twink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness thou been whipt out of thy writing trade forty years ago, i ; Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud f lUilliam ©Icn. Among Scottish song-writers, Glen... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...surge. Tis the twink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness ! Take, my soul, thy full salvation ; Rise o'er sin, and fea — Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? WILLIAM KNOX. PASSING AWAY. WAS it the chime of a... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature. Senate - 1881 - 714 pages
...'TIs the wink of an eye— 'tis the draft of a breath — From the blossom of health to the paleness of death: — From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud:— Oh! Why should the spirit of mortals be proud?" Little did we expect, on the first day of March last,... | |
 | 1881 - 520 pages
...'T is the wink of an eye, 't is the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud, — Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? WILLIAM KNOX. The Old Politician. NOW that Tom Dunstan... | |
 | A Nimmo - 1882 - 258 pages
...surge. 'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud — 0 why should the spirit of mortal be proud 1 WILLIAM KNOX. These lines having been found in manuscript... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...surge. 'Tisthe twink of an eye,'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness es aspires, Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obe •Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud Î lUilliam ÖMcu. Among Scottish song-writers. Glen... | |
 | Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - 1882 - 614 pages
...Tis the wink of an eye — 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death ; From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud : — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pages
...surge. 'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, Prom the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud, — Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud f WILLIAM KNOX. In THROUGH yonder windows stained... | |
| |
