 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...  The Metropolitan - Page 3491848Full view - About this book
 | 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,... | |
 | Christian life - 1878 - 380 pages
...sympathies would lead us to help any in trouble ; for if we do, our generous impulses may come too late. " Act — act in the living present, Heart within 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." HWP... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Digital images - 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,... | |
 | Theology - 1840 - 424 pages
...through these lines of Mr. Longfellow. " A PSALM OF LIFE. " What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist. " Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life...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 - American fiction - 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 - American fiction - 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,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1840 - 182 pages
...! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its deaa\ ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within,...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,... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1840 - 424 pages
...hero in the strife. " Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant, Let the dead past bury its dead ! Actvact in the living Present ! Heart within 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,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 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,... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 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... | |
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