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" Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! — For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of... "
Good Selections, in Prose and Poetry, for Use in Schools and Academies, Home ... - Page 111
1885 - 159 pages
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 12

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1838 - 564 pages
...Welcome, friend.' WHIT TНs HEART OГ THE Y OU NO MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST. TKLL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. n. Life is real — life is earnest — And the grave is not its goal : Dust thou art, to dust returnee!,...
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1840 - 182 pages
...thrice-prayed for! the most fair! The best-beloved Night ! A PSALM OF LIFE. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. L;fe is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest,...
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The Monthly Review

Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...first is, "What the Heart of the Young Man said to the Psalmist." Tell me not in mournful numbers, j Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that...is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Wat not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act,...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 8

1842 - 818 pages
...heart of the young man said to the Psalmist !" " Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an idle dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers ; And things...not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not written of the soul. Art is long, and time is fleeting. And our hearts, though stout and brave,...
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Readings in American Poetry

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 278 pages
...beating surge. A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT TB1C HKAHT OF THE YOUNQ MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life...not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. 20 A PSALM: OF LIFE. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or...
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Readings in American Poetry

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 280 pages
...THE PSALMIST. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream I For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are...what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou^art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. 20 A PSALM...
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THE REVIVALIST: AND ANGLO-AMERICAN MAGAZINE, FOR 1844

T. WARD AMD CO. - 1844 - 444 pages
...uphold us, however faint and enfeebled we may seem to be to ourselves and others.— Newton. LIFE. By HW Longfellow. Tell me not in mournful numbers, " Life...what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust retumest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,...
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The Rover, Volume 2

Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...stay in Bostown this night — I know !" A PSALM OF LIFE. BY HW LONOFELLOW. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Lile is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken...
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The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces ...

John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...LIFE.—HW LONGFELLOW. WHAT THE HEART OF THE VOUNU MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream !" For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. 5 Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest,"...
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The Rose of Sharon, Volume 1844

Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - American poetry - 1844 - 338 pages
...sentiments, while her lips murmured the words of the beautiful " Psalm of Life : " " Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ; For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, . la our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find...
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