 | United States. 75th Cong., 3d sess., 1938. House, United States. Congress House - 1938 - 84 páginas
...earth: Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a fast-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 around and together be laid; And the... | |
 | Richard N. Current - 1958 - 326 páginas
...ran: Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-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. 'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath — From the blossom of health to the paleness... | |
 | Herbert Mitgang - 1982 - 68 páginas
..."Oh! Why should the spirit of mortals be proud?/ Like a swift-fleeing meteor, a fast -flying cloudy A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,/ He passes from life to his rest in the grave." (He returns the paper to his pocket.) That depresses you too, Doc. I must now be the most miserable... | |
 | Michael Gelb, Sarah Miller Caldicott - 2007 - 328 páginas
...perspectives: 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. — From "Mortality" by William Knox, Lincoln's favorite poem The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,... | |
 | V. A. Herbert - 2008 - 181 páginas
...'Mortality': 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 around, and together be laid; And the... | |
 | Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1903 - 274 páginas
...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 around and together be laid; The young... | |
 | Thomas Ryle - 1855 - 244 páginas
..." 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." How uncertain, too, his station, his happiness, his riches, — each depending on circumstances which... | |
 | Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction - 1918 - 592 páginas
..."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 around and together be laid. The old... | |
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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. 
