William Knox. 1789-1825.
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.[561:2]
Mortality.[561:3]
Footnotes
[561:2] Abraham Lincoln was very fond of repeating these lines.
[561:3] From Knox's "Songs of Israel," 1824.