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 heart... The Poets and Poetry of America - Page 294edited by - 1845 - 476 pagesFull 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, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart... | |
| 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...another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing shall take heart again.'" But, alas ! sometimes the unconscious influence... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1838 - 566 pages
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time. Footsteps, that, perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, I. ram to labor and to wait. RURAL TALES... | |
| 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,...another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. In the discussion of such a variety of topics... | |
| 1842 - 610 pages
...pleasant ! Let the (lead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and GoD o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can...shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate : Still acheiving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. The Village... | |
| New York State Agricultural Society - 1870 - 972 pages
...mould, had fully wrought out its mission, and that in his life's journey, he has left " Footprints in the sands of time. " Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing shall take heart again." For such a spirit, forming was not simply... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 pages
...pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and GOD o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. SPRING IN NEW ENGLAND. BY CARLOS WI1COX. LONG swoln in drenching rain, seeds, germs, and buds Start... | |
| 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, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 pages
...pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present! Heart within, and GOD o'erhead! Lives of great men all remind us We can...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait ENDYMION. THE rising moon has hid the stars, Her level rays, like golden bars, Lie on the landscape... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 pages
...pleasant! Let the dead Past buryits dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and God o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. TERNAL Father! God of peace! Being whose bounties never cease! While to the Heavens, in grateful tones,... | |
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