 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 Repository - Page 1851858Full view - About this book
 | 1849 - 472 pages
...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,—...shipwrecked brother— Seeing, shall take heart again. 'Bivouac, properly the guard of an encampment; often used to signify t temporary encampment. Let us... | |
 | William Bourn Oliver Peabody - 1849 - 416 pages
...parting leave behind you Footsteps on the shores of time, Footsteps, which perhaps another Voyager o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again." For whoever leads a life of charity serves God, not only by these acts, and smiles, and expressions... | |
 | William Bourn Oliver Peabody, Oliver William Bourn Peabody - 1849 - 416 pages
...parting leave behind you Footsteps on the shores of time, Footsteps, which perhaps another Voyager o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again." For whoever leads a life of charity serves God, not only by these acts, and smiles, and expressions... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pages
...time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother Seeing, 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. MY COUNTRY.... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...time, — Foot-prints that perhaps another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart to any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour, learn to wait. Until the... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1849 - 358 pages
...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, Secing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...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,...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1850 - 396 pages
...lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time, — Footprints, that perhaps another. Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor, and to wait." Glancing again critically at Longfellow's poems, we find that his genius is essentially... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...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,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. 8 THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1850 - 448 pages
...lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time, — Footprints, 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, Learn to labour and to wait." Glancing... | |
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