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
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 594 pagina’s
...imperial and sublime compared with the farce of thy self-deluded career. Awake, thou that sleepest — " For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem." And thou, O weary and faltering seeker after a true life ! lift up thy head ; the heights before thee... | |
| William Delafield Arnold - 1854 - 348 pagina’s
...GREEN, AND LONGMANS. LONDON : A. and GA SPOTTISWOODE, New.Sireei-Square. " Tell ine 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... | |
| Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pagina’s
...pilgrimage I fare, Eesolved to find and praise Him everywhere. J. Gostick. 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... | |
| Clayton Gingerich - 2002 - 234 pagina’s
...life purpose and meaning. I quote the first three verses. "A Psalm Of Life" Tell me not in mournful, numbers, Life is but an empty dream!— For the soul...what they seem Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou are to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment... | |
| Joseph M. Alicea - 2003 - 222 pagina’s
...might-have-been has never been, but a has was once an are." Milton Berle "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." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Chapter Twelve A Tribute to My Heroes I believe... | |
| Robert A. Laidlaw - 1970 - 32 pagina’s
...crumbled to dust. The soul is of infinite value. Longfellow expressed it this way: Tell me not in mournful numbers Life is but an empty dream, For the soul Is...not its goal, Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Indeed it was not, for in Mark 8:36 our Lord Himself asks, "What shall it profit... | |
| Art E. Christmas - 2003 - 106 pagina’s
...Wadsworth Longfellow takes sides with Jesus in his poem, "Psalm of Life". "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." (One Hundred and One Famous Poems, p. 123) SHARING YOUR GRIEF I once asked... | |
| Albert Joseph Mary Shamon - 2003 - 124 pagina’s
...boy. "We are certainly in the middle of a great depression." A Psalm of Life 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... | |
| Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - 2003 - 770 pagina’s
...Psalm of Life WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST Tell me not, in mournful numbers,1 Life is but an empty dream! — For the soul is dead...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... | |
| Lance Secretan - 2004 - 272 pagina’s
...greatness. (CHAPTER I . 3 ! Step On&: Defining Your Destiny within Tkat CtdJis to 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. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Destiny Is Authenticity We must feel inspired... | |
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