 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...  Lays and Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century - Pagina 891863Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Barbara Brady - 2006 - 126 pagina’s
...cheerily, "Here's one by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It has a nice rhythm to it." Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!— For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem... "Good grief," said Lucy, "that's too gloomy." Her eyes scanned to the ending. She looked at Dorothea.... | |
 | Daniel Walker Howe - 2007 - 928 pagina’s
...(1838), after rejecting a pessimistic outlook, endorses conscientious striving: 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. . . . Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime, And,... | |
 | Tom Walsh - 2007 - 200 pagina’s
...but the triumph of principles. A Psalm of Life Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 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... | |
 | Raymond Hicks - 2007 - 234 pagina’s
...Hicks Preface A Psalm of Life Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! — Tor the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not...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... | |
 | Kevin Flynn - 2007 - 375 pagina’s
...loved, and may you remember" — his voice rises, bringing the crowd with it — "that life is not an empty dream, for the soul is dead that slumbers, and things are not what they seem, and that though the causes of evil prosper yet" — he was now presiding over a convocation of waving... | |
 | Kenneth M. Griffiths - 2007
...Henry Wadsworth Longfellow who said, in his poem "A Psalm of Life". "Life is not any empty dream And the soul is dead that slumbers And things are not what they seem Life is real! And life is earnest! And the grave is not it's goal; For dust thou art, to dust thou returnest, Was... | |
 | John Ramsey - 2008 - 156 pagina’s
...and not in the outcome. He differs with Solomon's assessment when he says: 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... | |
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