 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1840 - 182 pages
...thrice-prayed for! the most fair! The best-beloved Night ! 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 not what they seem. L;fe is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest,... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1841 - 132 pages
...through every clime The harvests of all time, On, on, for ever ! TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead...its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime ; And, departing,... | |
 | 1842 - 610 pages
...first is, "What the Heart of the Young Man said to the Psalmist." Tell me not in mournful numbers, j Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that...is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Wat not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act,... | |
 | 1842 - 818 pages
...heart of the young man said to the Psalmist !" " Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an idle dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers ; And things...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, though stout and brave,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 pages
...HKAHT OF THE YOUNQ MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead...not its goal ; 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 pages
...THE PSALMIST. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream I For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are...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 the soul. 20 A PSALM... | |
 | T. WARD AMD CO. - 1844 - 444 pages
...to be to ourselves and others.— Newton. LIFE. By HW Longfellow. Tell me not in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream !" For the soul is dead...what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust retumest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...Bostown this night — I know !" A PSALM OF LIFE. BY HW LONOFELLOW. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead...slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Lile is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken... | |
 | Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - 1844 - 338 pages
...her lips murmured the words of the beautiful " 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 not what they seem. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, . la our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find... | |
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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... 
