 | 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... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - 1841 - 296 страници
...good or ill of all. It should ever be our motto, "Trust no future howe'er pleasant. Let the dead past bury its dead, Act, act in the living present, Heart within and God o'er head." LECTURE VI. ON THE MORAL USES OF POETRY. I HAVE been detained much longer than I anticipated... | |
 | 1842 - 610 страници
...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...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 ; Footprints... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 страници
...dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present...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 ; Footprints,... | |
 | 1842 - 818 страници
...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead-past bury its dead! Act — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and God o'erhead !" We only wish that our space permitted us to gi»e th'e whole ; since it is one of the richest legacies... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 страници
...dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present...departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of tune ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 страници
...dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present...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 ; Footprints,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 страници
...dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'cr pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present!...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 ; Footprints,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 страници
...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...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 ; Footprints,... | |
 | 1845 - 444 страници
...been so earnestly expressed by our best poet ; "Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant, Let the dead Past bury its dead ; Act, — act, in the living Present, Heart within, and God o'erhead ;" and because she delights in no dark picture, for the sake of that darkness. It is either to show... | |
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Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and God o'erhead... 
