 | 1912 - 616 páginas
...dirge, Still follow each other like surge upon surge. The Hour of Death '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? William Knox [1789-1825] THE HOUR OF DEATH LEAVES have their time to fall, And flowers to... | |
 | Robert Ray Latta - 1912 - 200 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...and the shroud. Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?" This was President Lincoln's favorite poem. He learned it by heart when a young man. The... | |
 | James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1914 - 394 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...and the shroud; Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? — William Knor. NOTES 1. Read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to find what lesson the living... | |
 | 1914 - 334 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...and the shroud. Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? THE LAMENT. She was mine when the leaves of the forest were green, When the rose-blossoms... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1914 - 68 páginas
...men a realization of how vain after all is this transitory existence. 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? Mr. Speaker, the funeral of TIMOTHY D. SULLIVAN was one of the most remarkable in point of... | |
 | 1915 - 328 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...and the shroud. Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? THE LAMENT. She was mine when the leaves of the forest were green, When the rose-blossoms... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - 1917 - 816 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...the shroud: — Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? WILLIAM KNOX, MY DEAR AND ONLY LOVE MY DEAR and only love, I pray This noble world of thee... | |
 | Georgia Alexander, Grace Alexander - 1917 - 386 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? The squire paused for a few moments, and looked around... | |
 | American Psychiatric Association - 1901 - 370 páginas
...and view the same sun, And run the same course our fathers have run. '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? " WILLIAM LEONARD WORCESTER, MD By Arthur H. Harrington, MD William Leonard Worcester, MD,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1920 - 136 páginas
...when the great summons shall come? It is not far away for any of us. "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 — 0 why should the spirit of mortal be proud? [32] ADDRESS OF MR. THOMAS, OF COLORADO Mr. PRESIDENT:... | |
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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? 
