 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.New Series.VOL.V - 1844 - 440 pages
...LIFE is real ! Life is earnest ! I And the grave is not its goal ; "Dust thou art, to duet returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment and not...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,... | |
 | Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - American poetry - 1844 - 338 pages
...sentiments, while her lips murmured the words of the beautiful " Psalm of Life : " " Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ; For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, . la our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...LIFE.—HW LONGFELLOW. WHAT THE HEART OF THE VOUNU MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream !" For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. 5 Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest,"... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...of Life. LONGFELLOW. What the Heart of the young Man said to the Psalmist. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...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 the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - Hymns, English - 1845 - 124 pages
...They bear through every clime The harvests of all time, On, on, for ever ! TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...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 the soul. Lives... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...Life it real! Life is earnest! And the grave — is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust rttumest, Was not spoken— of the soul. Not enjoyment, and...end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds MS farther— than to-day. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 396 pages
...of the earth. — Wirt. 723. LIFE IS REAL. Tel! me not — :n mournful number», Life — is but nn empty dream! For the soul is dead— that slumbers....what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave — is not its goal; Dust Ihou an, to dust returneet, Was not written—of the soul. But... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1845 - 538 pages
...Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thuu art, to dust rerurnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not...sorrow, Is our destined end or way"; But to act. that ench to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Art is Inng. and Time is fleeting. And our hearts, though... | |
 | Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 238 pages
...fragrant gardens of the South. A PSALM OF LIFE. BY HENRY W. LOffOFBM.O'W. Tell|"me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...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 the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...like a falling star ! Excelsior ! A PSALM OF LIFE. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...they seem. Life is real — life is earnest— And the grave is not its goal, I ust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
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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, 
