 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...  Poetical Works - Page 3by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886Full view - About this book
 | Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 pages
...that slumbers, And things are not as they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was...end or way ; But to act that each to-morrow Find us further than to-day. Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead past bury its dead ! Act, act... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcomb - 1853 - 446 pages
...Life is but an empty dream !" For the .soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real I Life is earnest ! And the grave is...end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farthsr than to-day. Art is longr, and time is fleoting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, HUH,... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - 412 pages
...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...farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 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...farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the... | |
 | George Dawson - 1853 - 552 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...farther than to-day. Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the... | |
 | 1853 - 442 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...farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the... | |
 | 1853 - 496 pages
...folgenben begeifterungöcollen SBorten аuêfpríфt. 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 a... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1853 - 606 pages
...Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; ' Dust thou art, to dust returnpth,' Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not...farther than to-day. Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the... | |
 | 1853 - 560 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. LONGFELLOW. 35 Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though... | |
 | Emily Juliana May - 1853 - 420 pages
...suitable place and work will be found in heaveu ? " 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 CHAPTER VII. "Ye pay tithe of mint, anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the... | |
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