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
| Rose Strunsky - 1914 - 392 páginas
...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 around, and together...who proved; The husband that mother and infant who blest — Each, all, are away to their dwellings of rest. . . ." He had many idiosyncrasies. He noticed... | |
| 1914 - 334 páginas
...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 around and together...moulder to dust and together shall lie. The infant and mother attended and loved; The mother that infant's affection who proved; The husband that mother... | |
| James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1914 - 394 páginas
...scattered around, and together be laid; As the young and the old, the low and the high, Shall crumble to dust and together shall lie. The infant a mother...The mother that infant's affection who proved, The father that mother and infant who blessed, — Each, all, are away to that dwelling of rest. The maid... | |
| 1915 - 328 páginas
...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 around and together...moulder to dust and together shall lie. The infant and mother attended and loved; The mother that infant's affection who proved; The husband that mother... | |
| Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - 1915 - 326 páginas
...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...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... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - 1917 - 816 páginas
...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...who proved, The husband that mother and infant who blest Each, all, are away to their dwelling of rest. The hand of the king that the sceptre hath borne,... | |
| Mary Finley Leonard - 1917 - 282 páginas
...Marple remarked. The Blind Man, of course, quoted from his favorite poem: "The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around and together...high, Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie. "But it's queer about death," he added, "it is always getting ahead of you. You assume a certain attitude... | |
| Georgia Alexander, Grace Alexander - 1917 - 386 páginas
...a break of the wave, He passeth from liije 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 child that the mother attended and loved, The mother that... | |
| Bernie Babcock - 1919 - 334 páginas
...were cast toward the leaves lying by the logs at their feet. He went on : And the young and the old, the low and the high, Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie. It was very quiet. The peasant whose lot ia to sow and to reap, The herdsman who climbs with his goats... | |
| United States. Congress - 1920 - 136 páginas
...proof against death, but the cord of life snaps so easily. Truly — 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. Thus it... | |
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