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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 ? Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? "
Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Services - Page 181
by Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1865 - 216 pages
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Our Boys and Girls, Volumes 3-4

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...
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Abraham Lincoln

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...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

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...
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Cotton's Sketch-book: Auto-biographical Sketches of the Life, Labors, and ...

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...
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Songs of Three Centuries

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....
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Selections in Prose, Poetry, and Dialogues for Declamation and Recitation ...

George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 204 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...
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Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms: A Guide to Correct Writing ...

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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Pioneer Collections: Report of the Pioneer Society of the State of ..., Volume 4

Michigan - 1906 - 638 pages
...and the tears, 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, 0, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? — Selected. It appears to me that it will be interesting...
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1776. 1876. Oration Delivered at Essex, Mass., July 4th, 1876

David Otis Mears - Fourth of July orations - 1876 - 22 pages
...and the tears, the 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...From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud, — O, why should the spirit of mortal be proud !" It is with the Nation as it is with the soil we...
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Webster's Progressive Speaker: A Very Fine Selection of the Most Admirable ...

Readers and speakers - 1876 - 216 pages
...and the tears, 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— 0, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? A SOM OF THE OAMP. UAYAHIt TAYLOB. " Give us a song !"...
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