 Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our 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, Still, like muffled drums, are...  Voices of the Night - Страница 6по Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 183 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1878 - 380 страници
...sympathies would lead us to help any in trouble ; for if we do, our generous impulses may come too late. " Act — act in the living present, Heart within and God o'erhead. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time." HWP... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1838 - 566 страници
...Present ! Heart within, and God o'er head ! V II. Lives of great men all remind us " We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time. Footsteps, that, perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother,... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1838 - 564 страници
...glorious Present ! Heart within, and God o'er head ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of timo. Footsteps, that, perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrcck'd... | |
 | 1840 - 424 страници
...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...departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 584 страници
...to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. " Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stoiit and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating...departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 588 страници
...our hearts, though stout and brave, 1840.] Longfellow's Voices of the Night. 267 Still, like mtffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. "...departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps, thai perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, ' A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,... | |
 | 1840 - 424 страници
...hero in the strife. " Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant, Let the dead past bury its dead ! Actvact in the living Present ! Heart within and God o'erhead...departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,... | |
 | 1840 - 520 страници
...such worthies that it is especially true, that " The lives of great men all remind us We may make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,... | |
 | 1841 - 596 страници
...NOTICE OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF JOSEPH MAY.* Live 8 of good men all remind \\e We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er lite'» troubled main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother.... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1841 - 132 страници
...art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps that, perhaps, another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,... | |
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