 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, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart...  Christian Examiner and Theological Review - Page 2451840Full view - About this book
 | 1852 - 862 pages
...— London, Feb. 1852. " Footprints that perhaps another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, — Some forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. " Let us then bo up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to... | |
 | 1844 - 454 pages
...our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE CIRCASSIAN... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1838 - 566 pages
...time. Footsteps, that, perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, I. ram to labor and to wait. RURAL TALES... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Digital images - 1839 - 174 pages
...! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HURT OT THE YOUJTO Mil! >11D TO THE PIALWI9T. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1840 - 584 pages
...to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. " Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stoiit and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating...take heart again. "Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to lal>or and to wait" — pp. 5-7.... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1840 - 588 pages
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps, thai perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait." — pp. 5-7. Or that exquisite and tender poem, the "Footsteps of Angels." "When the... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - Anthems - 1841 - 132 pages
...art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. Jl\-l*Li... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1842 - 506 pages
...quote but a portion : " Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead past bury its dead ! Aut, act in the living present ! Heart within, and God...take heart again. " Let us then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Seem to labor and to wait." The most important... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1842 - 512 pages
...on the sands of time. " Footsteps that perhaps another. Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A Ibrloru and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. " Let us then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Seem to labor and to wait." The most important... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...time ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE LIGHT... | |
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