Oh Why Should The Spirit Of Mortal Be Proud? Like A Fast-flitting Meteor, A Fast-flying Cloud, A Flash Of The Lightning, A Break Of The Wave, He Passes From Life To His Rest In The Grave.

Oh Why Should The Spirit Of Mortal Be Proud? Like A Fast-flitting Meteor, A Fast-flying Cloud, A Flash Of The Lightning, A Break Of The Wave, He Passes From Life To His Rest In The Grave.

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Oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Like a fast-flitting meteor, a fast-flying cloud,
A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,
He passes from life to his rest in the grave.
-- William Knox (1789-1825)
-- Mortality

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