 Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled 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...  English Poetry..: With Introduction, Notes and Illustrations - Seite 13171896Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another,...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE CIRCASSIAN... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 Seiten
...fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marehes to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle,...another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart... | |
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...like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the (lead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present...another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 Seiten
...; Dust thou^art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. 20 A PSALM OF LIFE. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to...another, . Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 Seiten
...spoken of the soul. 20 A PSALM: OF LIFE. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; I But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than...another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 Seiten
...Rushing down to fight the hig rate. To o'erwhelm the akulklng wharf-raU." ONGFELLOW. Let the'clead'' Fas? bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present...another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 Seiten
...to the grave. Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'cr pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, —...another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 Seiten
...a hero in the strife ! PSALM OF LIFE. Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past buryits dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart...another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart... | |
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...strife. Trust no future howc'er pleasant, Let the dead past bury its dead Act, act, in the glorious present, Heart within and God o'erhead. Lives of great...another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother Seeing may take heart again." Beautiful as are these extracts, they are selected... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.New Series.VOL.V - 1844 - 440 Seiten
...great men all remind us ЛУe can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another,...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE CIRCASSIAN... | |
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