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... Poets in the Pulpit - Sivu 21tekijä(t) Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1880 - 291 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Edward Rupert Humphreys - 1854 - 486 sivua
...nor shall ever return again. EXERCISE II. " A Psalm of Life," by LONGFELLOW. Tell me not in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream," For the soul...its goal; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken to the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way, But to act, that... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 504 sivua
...most fair, The best-beloved Night ! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THS HE1RT OT -. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the...what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; "Dust tliou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 sivua
...Ear'nest, adj, Goal, n. Fleet'ing, part. Biv'ou-ac, n. Main, n. For-lorn', adj. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream !" For the soul...not what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest I And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest" Was not spoken of the soul. Not... | |
| 1854 - 690 sivua
...And peaceful is his end. 8 & 7s. M. 444 . LONGFELLOW. " Life is earnest." i TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ; For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. 311 2 Life is real ! life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest,... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 sivua
...folgenden begeisterungsvollen Worten ausspricht. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal, ,,Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyraent, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther... | |
| 1854 - 794 sivua
...mournful numbers, Be not like dumb, driven cattle, Life is but an empty dream; Be a hero in the strife. For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Trust not future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead past bury its dead; Life is real ! Life is earnest... | |
| John Cumming - 1854 - 564 sivua
..."Life is real — life is earnest; And tin- grave is not it* close; "Dust thou art, to dust rcturnest,' Was not spoken of the souL "Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end and way; But to aee that each to-morrow, Finds us further than to-day." LECTURE XXXV.... | |
| John Bramston - 1855 - 60 sivua
...But Longfellow's well-known lines must come to my aid and release you : — Tell me not in mournful numbers Life is but an empty dream ; For the soul...returnest Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment nnd not sorrow Is our destin'd end or way, But to act that eacb*to-morrovv Finds us farther than to-day.... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 502 sivua
...A PSALM OF LIFE. »HAT THX HEART OF THE TOUKG MAS SAID TO THE MALMIIT. ^i. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, "Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul...not its goal; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way j But to act, that each to-morrow Find us... | |
| Millicent (fict.name.) - 1855 - 332 sivua
...— adieu Millicent," and she took up her candle and was gone. CHAPTER V. " Tell me not, in mournful numbers, ' Life is but an empty dream ! ' For the...they seem. " Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; ' Dust thou art, to dust returriest,' Was not spoken of the soul. " Not... | |
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