| Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 204 pages
...and command; And yet a spirit, still and bright, With something of an Angel's light! Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act that each to-morrow ; Finis us farther than to-day. WOEDSWOBTH. LONOFJCLLOW. CONTENTS OF THE LIFE Of MARTHA WASHINGTON.... | |
| 1850 - 604 pages
...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 ; 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... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...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 ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 pages
...grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art. to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. " Not enjoyment, Find ua further than to-day. " Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and... | |
| 1850 - 452 pages
...grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of tho soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act that each to-morrow Find us further than to-day. Let us then be up and doing, With our hearts to heaven elate ; Still achieving,... | |
| Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 266 pages
...And yet a spirit, still and bright, With something of an Angel's. light ! WORDSWORTH. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act that each to-rnorrow, Finds us farther than to-day. LONGFELLOW. CONTENTS LIFE OF MARTHA WASHINGTON. CHAPTER I.... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...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 ; But to...that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums,... | |
| 1855 - 724 pages
...goal ; Duct then art, to dust returned Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, In our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-usy. Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled... | |
| 1851 - 724 pages
...whereas, the Psalm is deficient in every respect, and we cite a stanza in proof: — " Ло< enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find un farther than to-day." The first line is as bad as it can be — not only bad • ta^te, but... | |
| Gems - 1851 - 206 pages
...grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returneth, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined 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,... | |
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