 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...  Lectures to Young Men on Their Moral Dangers & Duties - Pagina 117door Abiel Abbot LIVERMORE - 1847 - 160 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pagina’s
...soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting,...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 —... | |
 | 1883 - 500 pagina’s
...poet, only recently deceased, telling us how to live so as to effect the most good in the world. " 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. Footprints... | |
 | 1848 - 490 pagina’s
...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 God o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints in the sands of time ; Footprints,... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1849 - 356 pagina’s
...predecessors, surrounding himself with ruin, and approaching the grave degraded and despised. ' Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way, But to...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,... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1849 - 358 pagina’s
...long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, ao: beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's...and God o'erhead. Lives of great men all remind us AVe can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time : Footprints,... | |
 | 1854 - 672 pagina’s
...not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac...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, —... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pagina’s
...Let the dead past bury its dead! Act,—act in the living present! Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! 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 in the sands of time; Footprints,... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1850 - 380 pagina’s
...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 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pagina’s
...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 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,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pagina’s
...us farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac...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,... | |
| |
