 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 3by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Blanchard Jerrold - 1848 - 324 pages
...shouted Henry from the window ; and in a few minutes he was on his way to Borners Street. CHAPTER X. " Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts,...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave." LONOPEILOVT. THE rain poured down in torrents from a sky of seeming pitch ; heavily, perpendicularly,... | |
 | 1849 - 274 pages
...sunk of Dante's mind. M. PARSONS. LIFE IS BEAL. LIFE is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero... | |
 | 1851 - 556 pages
...Temple, November \\th, 1851. JP LIFE IN EAENEST. LIFE is real! life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; * Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life, ' Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1849 - 356 pages
...predecessors, surrounding himself with ruin, and approaching the grave degraded and despised. ' Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way, But to...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb driven cattle, Be a hero in... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pages
...seem. Life is real! life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returuest! Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not...farther than to-day. Art is long, and time is fleeting, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. And our hearts, though stout and... | |
 | 1849 - 472 pages
...soul. And enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end and way; And to act that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day. Art is long and time is fleeting,...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the * bivouac of life, Be not like dumb driven cattle,— Be a hero... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...thrice-prayed for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night ! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEABT OF THE TOUSG MA* SAID TO THE PSALMIST. TELL me not, in mournful numbers,...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1850 - 380 pages
...Longfellow, was one of her favorites, and she often repeated its truthful stanzas: "Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night ! 21 A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEART OF TEE TOON9 MAN BAID TO THE PSALMIST. TELL me not, in mournful numbers,...fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 pages
...slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is reaZ ! life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero... | |
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