James C. Cantrill: Memorial Addresses Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States in Memory of James C. Cantrill, Late a Representative from Kentucky. Sixty-eighth Congress. March 1, 1925U.S. Government Printing Office, 1925 - 63 pages |
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Page 53 - Let me live in my house by the side of the road And be a friend to man.
Page 43 - Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
Page 44 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 4 - Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased.
Page 63 - Res. 85) were read, considered by unanimous consent, and unanimously agreed to, as follows: Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the announcement of the death of Hon.
Page 9 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 2 - I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; and accordingly (at 2 o'clock and 40 minutes pm) the House adjourned until to-morrow, Thursday, December 6, 1923, at 12 o'clock noon.
Page 40 - OH ! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME. OH ! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonour'd his relics are laid ; Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps ; And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.
Page 12 - CREED To live as gently as I can ; To be, no matter where, a man ; To take what comes of good or ill And cling to faith and honor still; To do my best, and let that stand The record of my brain and hand; And then, should failure come to me. Still work and hope for victory.