 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...  Poems - Page 21by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 413 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1856 - 352 pages
...most spiritual pulse : — " Tell me not in mournful numbers Life is but an empty dream ; For tite soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what...not its goal : Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul." Every nation has its great men, the memory of whose lives is cherished by... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 432 pages
...thrice-prayed for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THB HEART OP THE YOUNO MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST. TELL me not, in mournful numbers,...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. 10 A PSALM OF LIFE. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; "Dust, thou art,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...the planets in their course. Rogers. A PSALM OF LIFE.' " Be np and doing." TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust rcturnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
 | Henry Ward Beecher - 1856 - 934 pages
...breast — You only bear the weary More quickly home to rest. 872. 8s & 7s. 1. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ; For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. 2. Life is real ! life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...clouds dispel, And lap me in delight. HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. A Psalm of Life. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Art is long, and Time is fleeting.* Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Lives of great men all remind... | |
 | William Adams - 1857 - 380 pages
...our great American poet, Longfellow: " Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream, O For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are...not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken to the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way, But to act, that... | |
 | 1857 - 904 pages
...gvilty conscience, and final wo. A PSALM OF LIFB. BT HBSRT W. L01IO FILLOW. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream !" • For the...slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real 1 Life is earnest ! And the grave is net its goal ; " Dust then art, to dust return'st," Was not spoken... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1857 - 70 pages
...whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. Tell me not in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream !" For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. 93. Point out the noun sentences below, and show what place they each hold in reference to the principal... | |
 | John George Hodgins - 1857 - 230 pages
...the Psalmist. BY HW LONGFELLOW. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, " Life ¡e but nn empty dream 1" 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 ; " Duet thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spokcu of the eoul. Not enjoyment,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1857 - 428 pages
...A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HFART OF THK YOUMO MAN SAID TO THE P.SAI.Mt«T. 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 socm. 10 A PSALM OF LIFE. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; '• Dust... | |
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