 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...  Poetical Works - Seite 2von Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 656 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1854 - 354 Seiten
...repeated its truthful stanzas : " Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For tbe soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what...not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. "Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act that... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 504 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 Seiten
...Night ! 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...its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that... | |
 | Clavin Henderson Wiley - 1855 - 380 Seiten
...Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark ! A PSALM Or LIFE. BY LONGFEILOW. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 Seiten
...! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE Hr.AUT OF THE YOTTN%HAN SAID TO THE PSALUI^T. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the...its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that... | |
 | 1855 - 458 Seiten
...Would they could have stayed with us ! A PSALM OF LIFE.— Langfellow. • TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the...its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 Seiten
...incorruptible. Would they could have stayed with us ! A PSALM OF LIFE. — Longfellow. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the...its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or -way ; But to act, that... | |
 | John Bramston - 1855 - 60 Seiten
...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...not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust 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... | |
 | George Sumner Weaver - 1855 - 324 Seiten
...the spirit with which all youth should be fired. Let us read it and close. * 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. Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way ; But to act that each... | |
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