 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...  American Poetry - Página 367por Percy Holmes Boynton - 1918 - 721 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1846 - 302 páginas
...and far, A voice fell, like a falling star,. Excelsior ! A PSALM OF LIFE. 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 ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act — act in the living Present... | |
 | 1846 - 436 páginas
...incorruptible. Would they could have stayed with us. A PSALM OF LIFE. — Longfellow. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the...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!... | |
 | Josiah Moody Fletcher - 1847 - 148 páginas
...oneness with Himself, My friend for ever mine ! AMULET. A Psalm of Life. WHAT THE HEART OF THE TOUTTO MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST Tell me not in mournful numbers,...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 páginas
...slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real — life is earnest, But the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art — to dust returnest,"...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In this world's broad field of battle— In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ; Trust... | |
 | 1848 - 490 páginas
...an inspiration and celestial voice. A PSALM OF LIFE. •WHAT THE HEABT OP THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THB PSALMIST. TELL me not, in mournful numbers. Life is...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... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1848 - 684 páginas
...enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act that eac!l to-morrow Find us further than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife 1 Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let tlie dead Past bury its dead! i Act — act in the living... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 páginas
...enjoyment, and not sorrow, •Is our destined end or way, But to act, that each to-morrow, Find us further than to-day. Art is long, and time is fleeting, And...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! 20 Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act! — act in the living... | |
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