 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
 | 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... | |
 | Oliver Optic - 1868 - 868 pages
...'TEAR, the !*SONG and the "DIRGE, TiTiLL * FOLLOW each other, like surge upon surge. T:s the "WINK * of an 'EYE — 'tis the "DRAUGHT * of a 'BREATH —...From the gilded 'SALOON to the 'BIER and the 'SHROUD : — ! • 0, !WHY * should the spirit of "MORTAL * be 'PROUD ? HOMAGE. T^OR several centuries of... | |
 | John Carroll Power - 1873 - 432 pages
...and the tear, 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...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud ; O, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ?" While the procession was escorting the remains to... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...and the tears, the song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. 'T is the wink yant bierand theshroud, — • 0, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? WILLIAM K\ox. ELEONORA. ELEGY... | |
 | Alfred Johnson Cotton - Dearborn County (Ind.) - 1874 - 230 pages
...and the tear, 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...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud— O, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? O, indeed ! is that not most beautiful, beautiful ? JANE... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...the smile and the tear, the song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. 'T is the twink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud, — 0, why should the spirit of mortal be proud I RICHARD H. BARHAM. [1788-18450 THE JACKDAW OF RHEMS.... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 202 pages
...song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upbn 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. art, O God, the life and light _L Of all this wondrous... | |
 | Thomas Edie Hill - Business - 1876 - 360 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 ? ROLL CALL. itORPORAL Green !" the orderly cried ; " Here ! " was the answer loud and clear,... | |
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