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, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take... Poetical Works - Page 3by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886Full view - About this book
| 1844 - 454 pages
...of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another,...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE CIRCASSIAN... | |
| 1876 - 352 pages
...in : " 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 that...shipwrecked brother, Seeing shall take heart again.'" But, alas ! sometimes the unconscious influence is for evil. We see some one just going as close to... | |
| William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 pages
...to future discove ,ry. To use the illustration of an American poet, he has been anxious to leave " foot-prints on the sands of time" — Foot-prints,...shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. In the discussion of such a variety of topics as necessarily enter into the complicated histories of... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pages
...of great men all remind us "We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another,...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of tune ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER... | |
| The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.New Series.VOL.V - 1844 - 440 pages
...great men all remind us ЛУe can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another,...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE CIRCASSIAN... | |
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; 15 Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, 20 With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. LESSON... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...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,...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. LESSON LXII.... | |
| George Palmer Putnam - 1845 - 374 pages
...remind us, We may make our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us, Foot-prints on the sands tif time. Foot-prints, that perhaps another Sailing o'er...shall take heart again. Let us then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait." While volumes... | |
| Josiah Moody Fletcher - 1847 - 148 pages
...of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And1 departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ;, Footprints, that perhaps another,...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. LONGFELLOW.... | |
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