 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...  The R.I. Schoolmaster - Página 1491864Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | A. Nimmo - 1882 - 256 páginas
...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...the old, and the low and the high, Shall moulder to dnst and together shall lie. The child that a mother attended and loved, The mother, that infant's... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 páginas
...He passes from life to his rest iu the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, lie blighjt Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern...shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the aud together shall lie. The infant a mother attended and hived, The mother tbat infant's affection... | |
 | Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - 1882 - 614 páginas
...a break of the wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak arid the willow shall fade, Be scattered around and together be laid ; And the young and the old, aud the low and the high, Shall molder to dust and together shall lie. The infant, a mother attended... | |
 | 1882 - 722 páginas
...granite stands above them, or only a plain slab of unlettered sandstone. " The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade. Be scattered around and together be laid ; And the old and the young, and the low and the high, Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie. " The next... | |
 | Thomas Edie Hill - 1883 - 542 páginas
...break of the wave, Man passes from life to his rest in the grave. G) The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around and together...husband that mother and infant who blessed, Each, all, arc away to their dwellings of rest. The maid on whose check, on whose brow, in whose eye, Shone beauty... | |
 | 1883 - 656 páginas
...lightning, a break of the wave, Man passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around and together...the high, Shall moulder to dust and together shall He. So the multitude goes, like the flowers or the weed That withers away to let others succeed; So... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 páginas
...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 around and together be laid ; And the young and the old, the low and the high Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie. The infant a mother attended and... | |
 | 1885 - 574 páginas
...century of that time had been devoted to professional services at the bedside of the sick and suffering. "The leaves of the oak and willow shall fade, Be scattered...moulder to dust and together shall lie. * » * * " The hand of the King that the sceptre hath borne, The brow of the Priest that ihe mitre had worn : The... | |
 | 1885 - 504 páginas
...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 around, and together...high, Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie." I never read this beautiful poem, so full of the true philosophy of life, so suggestive of the rich... | |
 | 1885 - 332 páginas
...lightning, a break of the wave, Man passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around, and together...young and the old, and the low and the high, Shall molder to dust and together shall lie. The infant a mother attended and loved, The mother that infant's... | |
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