 Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are...  McGuffey's First [-sixth] Eclectic Reader - Page 412de William Holmes McGuffey - 1921Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1844 - 454 pages
...dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Fast bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present...and God o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footprints,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HURT OT THE YOUJTO Mil! >11D TO THE PIALWI9T. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...and God o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps,... | |
 | 1840 - 424 pages
...A PSALM OF LIFE. " What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist. " Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...God o'erhead ! " Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 584 pages
...to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. " Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stoiit and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating...God o'erhead ! " Lives of great men all remind us Iff. can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; "... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 588 pages
...our hearts, though stout and brave, 1840.] Longfellow's Voices of the Night. 267 Still, like mtffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. "...God o'erhead ! " Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps,... | |
 | George W. Burnap - 1841 - 288 pages
...firmness, patience, and humanity to take our share in the good or ill of all. It should ever be our motto, "Trust no future howe'er pleasant, Let the dead past...Act, act in the living present, Heart within and God o'er head." LECTURE VI. ON THE MORAL USES OF POETRY. I HAVE been detained much longer than I anticipated... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marehes to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle,...and GOD o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints,... | |
 | 1842 - 512 pages
...inculcates could not have been presented to the mind in a more enticing form. We quote but a portion : " Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead past...God o'erhead ! " Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time. " Footsteps... | |
 | 1842 - 610 pages
...like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the (lead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present...and GoD o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...Night ! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEART OF THE TOUWG HAW SAID TO THE P9ALMI3T. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, "Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul...and God o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of tune ; Footprints,... | |
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