Oh why should mor­tal man be proud?

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Lives but the in­sect of a day—

Oh why should mor­tal man be proud?

His bright­est vi­sions just ap­pear,

Wherefore Should Man, Frail Child of Clay

lyricist: William Enfield, 1795
Composer: Nathaniel Gould, 1833
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...Lives but the in­sect of a day—

Oh why should mor­tal man be proud?

His bright­est vi­sions just ap­pear,...

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Lives but the in­sect of a day—

Oh why should mor­tal man be proud?

His bright­est vi­sions just ap­pear,

Wherefore Should Man, Frail Child of Clay

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