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... The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Seite 2von Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 417 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1876 - 732 Seiten
...the shadowy path,SURE will the harvest be ! LIFE'S BATTLE.— AN ORATION. " 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 of the soul." The course of things below is not a relentless fate. Man's will is unconqnerable,... | |
| 1876 - 732 Seiten
...Gwl shall ring The good ship bravely in ! A PSALM OF LIFE.— HW Lonyfellow TELL me not, in mournful numbers, "Life is but an empty dream !" For the soul...<iot its goal ; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," . Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow, Find... | |
| 1876 - 508 Seiten
...And waxeth her morning of peace ! EDWIN ROSSITER JOHNSON. A Psalm of Life. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ; For the soul...things are not what they seem !" Life is real ! Life is earnes ! And the grave is not its goal : "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the... | |
| Samuel Longfellow - 1876 - 148 Seiten
...glorious world its crown, The spirit's Godlikeness. 137. 139. PsoZm o/ Life. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ; For the soul...slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real I life is earnest I And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken... | |
| Constance Fenimore Woolson, Constance Woolson - 1967 - 372 Seiten
...OF FOURTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE UNITED STATES SOLDIERS. "Tell me not in mournful numbers Life is but an empty dream; For the soul is...not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not written of the soul!" "The only known instance of the government's condescending to poetry," the... | |
| United States. Congress - 1973 - 168 Seiten
...Alaska goes on. Let us resolve to do that business better because we knew [xvm] "Tell me not in mournful numbers Life is but an empty dream. For the Soul is...what they seem. Life is real, Life is earnest, And the grave is not its goal. Dust thou art to dust returneth, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
| Donald Hall - 1985 - 266 Seiten
...and listen to hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, A Psalm of Life 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 retumest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
| Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 Seiten
...away. A Psalm of Life 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...enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums,... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...her little child to bed, Half willing, half reluctant to be led, (1. 1-3) 38 Tell me not, in mournful 2 not spoken of the soul. (1. 1-8) 39 Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime.... | |
| 1996 - 160 Seiten
...— face it' 'tis God's gift. "A PSALM OF LIFE," HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 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! Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor... | |
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