 | Nathaniel Kirk Richardson - 1866 - 204 páginas
...song and the dirge, Still followed each other, like surge upon surge. 'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath; From the blossom of health...and the shroud— Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? THE AMERICAN FLAG.—By Joseph Rodman Drake. WHEN Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurl'd... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1866 - 364 páginas
...song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. 'T is the wink of an eye — 't is the draught of a breath — From the blossom of health...the shroud: — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? XX. On the way to the sculptor's studio a conversation occurred of much significance, in... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1866 - 222 páginas
...to his rest in the grave." The closing stanza is as follows : — ** 'Tis the twink 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? " There may well be added to this chapter the following letter written by the President to... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1866 - 388 páginas
...song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. 'T is the wink of an eye — 't is the draught of a breath — From the blossom of health...the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud: — Oh 1 why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? XX. On the way to the sculptor's studio a conversation... | |
 | William Baldwin Affleck - 1866 - 234 páginas
...song and the dirge, Shall 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 ? The following extract is also natural and effective,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 524 páginas
...lightning, a break of the wave, He passcth from life to the rest of the grave. '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 ? " Mr. Lincoln was very remarkable for his fund of anecdote. He always had his little story... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 páginas
...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 '! RRIDGE OF SIGHS. (HOOD.) One more Unfortunate, Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone... | |
 | William Cunningham Gray - 1868 - 214 páginas
...song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. 'T is 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! Mr. Lincoln never read a novel. He said he once began... | |
 | Floyd Baker Wilson - 1869 - 208 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 1 PAERHASIUS. PAERHAsitrs stood, gazing forgetfully Upon the canvas. There Prometheus lay,... | |
 | Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson - 1869 - 358 páginas
...transient abode ; Meet the things that they met on their pilgrimage road. 'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health...and the shroud, Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud." The Livingstons as a family have done well for their country, as the past records show.... | |
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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? 
