 | 1862 - 568 páginas
...song and the dirge, Still follow each other like surge upon surge. 11 'Tis the twink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud — 0 why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? " fRinat flattt. THOMAS PHAER, MD — This learned... | |
 | Lays - 1862 - 406 páginas
...the song and the dirge, Still follow each other like surge upon surge. 'Tis the twink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud ; Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? PRIVATE WORSHIP. FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee,... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - 1864 - 444 páginas
...son? and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. 12. Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud, — Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? QUESTIONS. *-l. What reason is given in the first... | |
 | 1864 - 272 páginas
...the song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. 'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath ; From the blossom of health...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud — O ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? • As given above, the seventh verse of the poem... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1865 - 232 páginas
...to his rest in the grave." The closing stanza is as follows : — " 'Tis the twink of nn eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud: Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? " There may well be added to this chapter the following... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1865 - 78 páginas
...and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. 'Tis the twink of the eye, — 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud ; — O why should the spirit of mortal be proud ! [The author of the above poem was WILLIAM KNOX,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1865 - 438 páginas
...line by line, to Mr. Carpenter. How striking the last stanza : — " 'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health,...From the gilded saloon, to the bier and the shroud — Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud P" Whether there was any significance in his affection... | |
 | 1865 - 394 páginas
...song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upo'n surge. "Tis the wink of an eye. 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud,— Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? A man that revolved such thoughts in his mind was not... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 864 páginas
...song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. f Tis the wink of an eye, — His the draught of a breath ; From the blossom of health...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud : — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Discussing briefly the merits of this poem, and... | |
 | Frank Crosby - 1865 - 506 páginas
...the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. "TiB the wink of an eye, 'tis the dranght of a breath ; From the blossom of health to the paleness...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud — Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud f No one was more modest than he. Look at the record... | |
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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? 
