 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,...  Crown Jewels: Or Gems of Literature, Art and Music ; Being Choice Selections ... - Pagina 256geredigeerd door - 1888 - 632 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pagina’s
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 588 pagina’s
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps, thai perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait." — pp. 5-7. Or that exquisite and tender poem, the "Footsteps of Angels." "When the... | |
 | 1840 - 424 pagina’s
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait." It would not be easy to find a " strain in a higher mood " than this ; it is equally... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pagina’s
...of great men all remind us "We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pagina’s
...us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of tune ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pagina’s
...soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting,...fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. LESSON LXII. EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION. Kerb, verb, curb, curb'd, curb'dst; berbs, verbs,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pagina’s
...pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and Goi, o'erhead! Lives of great men all remind us We can...another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1846 - 332 pagina’s
...our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait." LECTURE III. ON THE BEAU IDEAL OF THE PERFECT TEACHER. BY DENISON OLMSTED, LL.D. PROFESSOR... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pagina’s
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time. Footsteps, that perhaps another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 pagina’s
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time. Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. A HARMLESS SOLDIERY. The good people of Nantucket never had the military disease but once,... | |
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