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" 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... "
Songs and ballads of Clydesdale. With illustr. notes by A. Nimmo - Page 87
edited by - 1882
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The cabinet; or The selected beauties of literature [ed. by J ..., Volume 1

Cabinet - 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...
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The Poetical Melange

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,...
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The Sacred Lyre: Comprising Poems, Devotional, Moral and Preceptive ...

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,...
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Supplement to the Connecticut Courant: Containing Tales, Travels ..., Volume 3

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...
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The Millennial Harbinger, Volume 2

Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1838 - 584 pages
...fast fleeting cloud, я A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passeth from life to hit rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the willow...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 that mother...
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The Millennial Harbinger, Volume 2

Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 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...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 that mother...
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The Illustrated Book of Christian Ballads and Other Poems, Volume 6

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 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...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 that mother...
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The Sacred Poets of England and America: For Three Centuries

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 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...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 that mother...
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The Christian Harp: A Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Use of Social ...

1853 - 162 pages
...the oak , and the willow shall fade, Bo scattered around and together he laid; The youne and the old, the low and the high, Shall moulder to dust, and together shall lie. 8 The haud of the King, that a sceptre hath horne, The hrow of a Priest, that a mitre hath worn, Tho...
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Scotia's Bards

1854 - 608 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...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 that...
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