 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 the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way;...  The Complete Poetical Works of Longfellow - Page 3by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1922 - 689 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1844 - 454 pages
...LIFE AND ITS DUTIES. BY PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW. LIFE is real ! Life is earnest ! i And the grave is not its goal ; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was...! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Fast bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and God o'erhead ! Lives of... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1838 - 564 pages
...art, to dust returnee!, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destin'd end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find...the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle 1 Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1838 - 566 pages
...sorrow, Is our destin'd end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. IT. Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts,...the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle I Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act... | |
 | 1840 - 424 pages
...A PSALM OF LIFE. " What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist. " Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...howe'er pleasant, Let the dead past bury its dead ! Actvact in the living Present ! Heart within and God o'erhead ! " Lives of great men all remind us... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1840 - 182 pages
...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, Was not...Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its deaa\ ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and God o'erhead ! Lives of great men all... | |
 | 1842 - 610 pages
...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,...strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the (lead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and GoD o'erhead ! Lives... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 pages
...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...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! PSALM OF LIFE. Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past buryits dead ! Act, — act in... | |
 | 1844 - 504 pages
...• • Art is long and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muflled drums are beating, Funeral marches to the grave. In...driven cattle, Be a hero in the strife. Trust no future howc'er pleasant, Let the dead past bury its dead Act, act, in the glorious present, Heart within and... | |
 | 1844 - 288 pages
...to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Art is long, and time is fleeting, And oitr hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled...the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle I Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no future howe'er pleasant ! Let the past bury its dead ! Act —... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...soul. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like mulllcd drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints... | |
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