 Dust thou art, to dust returnest, 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,...  The Metropolitan - Page 3491848Full view - About this book
 | New Church gen. confer - 1863 - 604 pages
...self-improvement; and it always brings into my mind that beautiful verse from Longfellow's Psalm of Life— " In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac...like dumb, driven cattle, Be a hero in the strife. ' I hope this is not the last meeting of this kind to be held here. There are numbers more with ability... | |
 | 1844 - 454 pages
...LIFE AND ITS DUTIES. BY PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW. LIFE is real ! Life is earnest ! i And the grave is not its goal ; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was...! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Fast bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and God o'erhead ! Lives of... | |
 | Religion - 1853 - 1142 pages
...human nature, to be more, and do more, than if you had lived at another time. • On the world's wide field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle— Be a hero in the strife.' " A blessed legacy to the children, are the counsels and the example of snch a father ! Though Dr.... | |
 | Unitarianism - 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...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1840 - 182 pages
...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, Was not...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... | |
 | Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...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,...strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the (lead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and GoD o'erhead ! Lives... | |
 | Annie Forbes Bush - France - 1843 - 424 pages
...not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act that each to-morrow Find us further than to-day. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac...like dumb driven cattle — Be a hero in the strife !" LONGFELLOW. A FATHER'S CURSE: A DAUGHTER'S SACRIFICE. Crisis ol Sonustu life. BY MRS. BRAY, AUTHOB... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...of salvation; Strong was the Word of God to succour thee ! JJsalm of Cife. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! PSALM OF LIFE. Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past buryits dead ! Act, — act in... | |
 | American literature - 1844 - 504 pages
...• • Art is long and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muflled drums are beating, Funeral marches to the grave. In...driven cattle, Be a hero in the strife. Trust no future howc'er pleasant, Let the dead past bury its dead Act, act, in the glorious present, Heart within and... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...soul. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like mulllcd drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints... | |
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