 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...  Poems - Σελίδα 3των Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1901Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 σελίδες
...written for posterity." HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEART Or THE TOONO HAN SAID TO TH* PSALMIST. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is...brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marehes to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb,... | |
 | 1842 - 610 σελίδες
...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,...drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in... | |
 | 1842 - 512 σελίδες
...stanza which he is accused of plagiarising, is, perhaps, the most elegant and finished in the piece : " Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts,...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave." It is said, that the idea on which the last three lines of this stanza turn, was suggested, or, to... | |
 | 1842 - 818 σελίδες
...earnest ! And the grave is 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,...muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead-past bury its dead! Act — act in the living Present... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 σελίδες
...Night ! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEART OF THE TOUWG HAW SAID TO THE P9ALMI3T. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, "Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 σελίδες
...; 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 way ; But to...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 σελίδες
...spoken of the soul. 20 A PSALM: OF LIFE. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; I But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 σελίδες
...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...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 σελίδες
...Spanish Student," and two Tolumes of ballads and other poems. A PSALM OF LIFE. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, arc beating Funeral marches to the grave. Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.New Series.VOL.V - 1844 - 440 σελίδες
...LONGFELLOW. LIFE is real ! Life is earnest ! I And the grave is not its goal ; "Dust thou art, to duet returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero... | |
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