 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
 | 1852 - 196 pagina’s
...hand upon thy mane — as I do here. Jl ^anlra of life. BY H. LONGFELLOW. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are riot what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 pagina’s
...Night. A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HKAKT OF THK YOUNC MAN SAID TO THK PSALMIST. TELL me not in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things arc not what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - 412 pagina’s
...^ $0nlm of lift. What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist. 1 1 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... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pagina’s
...BURNS. fsalm 0f fife. WHAT THE HEART OP THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST. 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... | |
 | 1853 - 442 pagina’s
...SARGENT. 231 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...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pagina’s
...resurrection, Emblems of the bright and better land. LONGFELLOW. A PSALM OF LIFE. 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... | |
 | George Dawson - 1853 - 552 pagina’s
...road. 179.— 8.7. Let us run with patience the race that it set before us. 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... | |
 | W H Cordeaux - 1853 - 118 pagina’s
...Sratford upon Avon, in Warwickshire, 1564, and died 1616. THE PSALM OF LIFE. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the...they seem. Life is real — life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal, f1) "Dust thou art, to dust returnest, " "Was not spoken of the soul. Not... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - 606 pagina’s
...modulates its march by the music of old and sacred experience. л PSALM OF LITE. Tell mo not, in mournful if to blow yon the grave is not its goal ; ' Dust thou art, to dust returnpth,' Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
 | George Washington Burnap - 1853 - 424 pagina’s
...They may be familiar to you all ; but they lose nothing by repetition : — " Tell me not, in mournful numbers, ' Life is but an empty dream ; ' For the...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. 2... | |
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