 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 - Page 1491864Full view - About this book
 | Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...the wave — He passes from life to his rest in the grave. II. The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid...high, .shall moulder to dust, and together shall lie. in. The child that a mother attended and loved, The mother that infant's affection that proved, The... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...the wave — He passes from life to his rest in the grave. ii. The leaves of the oak aud the willows shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid...the high, Shall moulder to dust, and together shall He. in. The child that a mother attended and loved, The mother that infant's affection that proved,... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, Be scatter'd around, and together be laid ; And the young and the old, and the low aod tbr high, Shall moulder to dust, and together shall lie. The child that a mother attended and lov'd,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 blest, Each, all, are away to that dwelling of rest. The maid, on... | |
 | 1832 - 548 pages
...He DU« from life to bii rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and wilkmi -hall fade, Be Mattered around, and together be laid ; And the young and the old, and the low and the high, Shall mooUer to dun, and together ihall lie. The child that a mother attended and loved, The moaner, that... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - Bethany (W. Va.) - 1838 - 584 pages
...lightning, a break of the wave, He passeth from life to hit rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around and together...Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie. The child whom a mother attended and lov'd, The mother that infant's affection who prov'd, The husband... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - Bethany (W. Va.) - 1838 - 540 pages
...in the grave* The loaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around and together he laid, And the young and the old, and the low and the...Shall moulder to dust and together shall lie. The child whom a mother attended and lov'd, The mother that infant's affection who prov'd, The husband... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, Be scatter'd around, and together be laid; And the young and the...Shall moulder to dust, and together shall lie. The child whom a mother attended and loved, The mother that infant's affection who proved, The husband... | |
 | William Knox - Christian poetry, English - 1847 - 240 pages
...— He passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, j Be scattered around, and together be laid ; And the...Shall moulder to dust, and together shall lie. The child that a mother attended and loved, The mother that infant's affection that proved, The husband... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1849 - 578 pages
...of the wave — He passes from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willows shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid...Shall moulder to dust, and together shall lie. The child whom a mother attended and loved, The mother that infant's affection who proved, The husband... | |
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