 | Charles Northend - 1856 - 276 pages
...Find us further than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brnvo Still like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches...like dumb, driven cattle, — Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act — act in the living Present!... | |
 | 1857 - 452 pages
...Travancore, and to the garden of Shiraz. SARGENT. ftealra of lifr. What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist. TELL me not in mournful numbers,...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, act in the living Present... | |
 | Jean Roemer - 1857 - 332 pages
...That were not born to die ! FITZ-GREENE HALLECK. CIX.— A PSALM OF LIFE. TELL me not, in mournful numbers " Life is but an empty dream," For the soul...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1857 - 428 pages
...is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; '• Dust thou art, to dust rctuniest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day. Art is long, and time is fleeting,...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act — act in the living Present... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1973 - 154 pages
...act, as each tomorrow Finds us further than today. Art is long, and Time is fleeting And our hearts so stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are beating...the bivouac of Life Be not like dumb, driven cattle! But a hero in the strife! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant, Let the dead Past bury its dead. Act —... | |
 | 1980 - 80 pages
...soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each tomorrow Finds us farther than today. Art is long, and Time is fleeting,...like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant, Let the dead Past bury its dead. Act — act in the living Present.... | |
 | Donald Hall - 1985 - 266 pages
...seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust retumest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not...like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act,— act in the living Present!... | |
 | W. D. Gann - 1987 - 432 pages
...hopes. He resolved never to waver. Then read "A Psalm of Life" by Longfellow: Tell me not in mournful numbers Life is but an empty dream, For the soul is...like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act — act in the living present... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1988 - 442 pages
...invisible by day. SHORTER LYRIC AND NARRATIVE POEMS A PSALM OF LIFE* WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST TELL me not, in mournful numbers,...like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act, — act in the living Present!... | |
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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, Still, like muffled drums, are... 
