| 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...the shroud, — Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? QUESTIONS. *-l. What reason is given in the first stanza why the "spirit of mortal " should... | |
| 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...and the shroud: Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? " There may well be added to this chapter the following letter written by the President to... | |
| 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,...the shroud — Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud P" Whether there was any significance in his affection for these lines, or it was only a simple... | |
| Frank Crosby - 1865 - 480 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...the shroud — Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? No one was more modest than he. Look at the record of his life as furnished by himself,... | |
| 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...the shroud,— Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? A man that revolved such thoughts in his mind was not likely to be elated by his position... | |
| 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...the shroud — Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud f No one was more modest than he. Look at the record of his life as famished by himself, in... | |
| Frank Crosby - 1865 - 498 páginas
...the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the dranght of a breath; From the blossom of health to the paleness...and the shroud— Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud f No one was more modest than he. Look at the record of his life as furnished by himself,... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 848 páginas
...song and the dirge. Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. "Tis the wink of au ere, — 'tis the draught of a breath ; From the blossom of health...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud : — Obi why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Discussing briefly the merits of this poem, and... | |
| 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,... | |
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