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... An American Anthology, 1787-1900 - Página 112editado por - 1901 - 878 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 páginas
...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,...like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act,— act in the living Present!... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 páginas
...our destined end or way"; But to act. that ench to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Art is Inng. and Time is fleeting. And our hearts, though stout...grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the Viivouae of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er... | |
| 1846 - 302 páginas
...star,. Excelsior ! A PSALM OF LIFE. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act — act in the living Present... | |
| 1846 - 436 páginas
...A PSALM OF LIFE. — Longfellow. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! 232 BERMUDAS. Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act... | |
| 1846 - 308 páginas
...Life is real — life is earnest — And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returuest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust uo Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act — act in the living Present!... | |
| Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 páginas
...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,...like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act—act in the glorious Present!... | |
| Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 páginas
...Art is long and time is fleeting, And oar heart*, though stoat and brave, Still, like muffled drams, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act — act in the glorious... | |
| 1846 - 756 páginas
...and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are bearing Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad...like dumb driven cattle — Be a hero in the strife. Trust no Future, liver pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead Act — act in the living Present,... | |
| Abiel Abbot LIVERMORE - 1847 - 172 páginas
...not, in mournful numbers, Life i8 but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And thjngs are not what they seem. " Life is real ! Life is earnest...like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! " Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act, — act, in the living... | |
| Josiah Moody Fletcher - 1847 - 148 páginas
...THE TOUTTO MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST Tell me not in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are...grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the biyouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no future, howe'er... | |
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