 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 ? Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?  Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services - Page 183by Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1865 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1871 - 516 pages
...columns of a country newspaper, and ever after, his eyes would fill with tears when he recited it. "'Tis the twink of an eye, 'tis the draught, of a...the shroud — Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud !" This seemed almost like a prophecy of the untimely end of our beloved martyred President;... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - English language - 1870 - 422 pages
...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? THE MAY QUEEN. You must wake and call me early, call me early, mother dear ; To-morrow '11... | |
 | United States - 1870 - 406 pages
...song and the dirge, Shall follow each other, like surge upon Bürge. 'Tie (he wink of an eye ; 'ti« the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health...and the shroud, Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud." Dr. Lyman Clary moved that the thanks of the Association be tendered to Hon. HC Van Schaack,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - Recitations - 1871 - 200 pages
...wink of an eye, 't is the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of dej.ih, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Ex. 85. — THOU ART, O GOD. — Moore. THOU art, 0 God, the life and light Of all this... | |
 | Jean L. Watson - Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) - 1872 - 316 pages
...even those we behold, To repeat every tale that hath often been told ; " Tis the twinkling of sight, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of...and the shroud, Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? " f CHAPTEE IV. THE FIRST OF APRIL. " But love the true, the pure, that springs In spite... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 232 pages
...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 ? Ex. 85. — THOU ART, O GOD. — Moore. THOU art, 0 God, the life and light Of all this... | |
 | 1872 - 588 pages
...smile and the tear, and the song and dirge, Still follow eaeh other like surge upon surge. Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, From the...death ; From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shrond ; — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be prond ! THE THIRD DEGREE. It has been well said... | |
 | Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1872 - 370 pages
...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 tha spirit of mortal be proud 7 XX. On the way to the sculptor's studio a. conversation... | |
 | Poetry - 1872 - 710 pages
...wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath, [death, From the blossom of health to the paleness of o more ! oh ! say not so ! And downward is not just; For the sight is weak be proud ? Wittiam Knox. 2335. MORTALITY, Human, Like as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey Forward Black - 1872 - 604 pages
...'tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death, From the glided saloon to the bier and the shroud, — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? ' " It was only a year or two after the death of Ann Rutledge that Mr. Lincoln told Robert... | |
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