Super long read, but thanks for posting it. I had no idea about this side of Lincoln, and got to learn a lot! Really liked this poem excerpt, "Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a...
Super long read, but thanks for posting it. I had no idea about this side of Lincoln, and got to learn a lot!
Really liked this poem excerpt,
"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 passes from life to his rest in the grave.
The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade,
Be scattered around, and together be laid;
And the young and the old, the low and the high,
Shall molder to dust, and together shall lie."
Super long read, but thanks for posting it. I had no idea about this side of Lincoln, and got to learn a lot!
Really liked this poem excerpt,
"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 passes from life to his rest in the grave.
The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade,
Be scattered around, and together be laid;
And the young and the old, the low and the high,
Shall molder to dust, and together shall lie."
Full poem for those who want to read it:
Mortality - William Knox