. Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?. jlj, H, why should the spirit of mortalbe proud ? Like a swift fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud,A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,Man passeth from life to his rest in the The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade,Be scattered around and together be laid;And the young and the old, and the low and the highShall moulder to dust and toQ^ether shall He.

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