 | George Gilfillan - 1850 - 396 pages
...•• Psalm " is a noble accompaniment : ." Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; ' Dust thou art, to dust returnest,' Was...act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1850 - 448 pages
...Longfellow's " Psalm" is a noble accompaniment : " Life is real! Life is earnest 1 And the grave is not its goal; ' Dust thou art, to dust returnest,' Was...act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 380 pages
...Psalm of Life he has declared this faith. " Life is real — life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ! Dust thou art — to dust returnest—...end or way : But to act, that each to-morrow Find us further than to-day." The following verse contains a beautiful image : " Art is long, and time is fleeting,... | |
 | 1850 - 604 pages
...slumbers, And things are not what they seem. j " Life is real ! life is earnest, And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art. to dust returnest, Was not...end or way ; But to act that each to-morrow Find us further than to-day. " Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 pages
...slumbers, And things are not what they seem. " Life is real ! life is earnest, And the grave is not was perfectly in the vampire condition. 12. Stanjoika,...illness of three days, and had been buried eighteen. The ua further than to-day. " Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave,... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1850 - 176 pages
...of Life," express her prevailing feeling : " Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; ' Dust thou art, to dust returnest,' —...destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day. " Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead past bury its dead... | |
 | Mrs. L. G. Abell - 1850 - 462 pages
...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...destined end or way; But to act. that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day. Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...; " Dust thou art, to dust returuest " Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrowIs our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow...hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...are not what they seem. 1 See note 3, p. 231. Life is real — Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal; " Dust thou art — to dust returnest" —...destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...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...hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad fii-ld of battle, In the bivouac... | |
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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... 
