I. Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeing meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,…
William Knox, born August 17, 1789, is a Scottish poet who authored Harp of Zion (1825), The Songs of Israel (1824), and The Lonely Hearth, and Other Poems (1818). He died in Edinburgh on November 12, 1825.