 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...  Philips' graduated standard poetry book - Page 55by Philip George and son, ltd - 1885 - 96 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1844 - 454 pages
...LIFE AND ITS DUTIES. BY PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW. LIFE is real ! Life is earnest ! i And the grave is not its goal ; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was...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,... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1838 - 564 pages
...Life is real — life is earnest — And the grave is not its goal : Dust thou art, to dust returnee!, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destin'd end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Art is long,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Digital images - 1839 - 174 pages
...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 !...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... | |
 | Theology - 1840 - 424 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1840 - 588 pages
..."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!...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,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1840 - 182 pages
...slumbers, And things are not what they seem. L;fe is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is 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 each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Art is long,... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - Anthems - 1841 - 132 pages
...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 !...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, departing,... | |
 | Albany (N.Y.) - 1844 - 104 pages
...triumph. Life IB real ! Life is earnest, And the grave ls not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust retumest, Was not spoken of the 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. LONGFELLOW.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...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 !...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,... | |
 | 1842 - 818 pages
...Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an idle dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers ; And things are not What they seem. Life is real !...not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not written of the soul. Art is long, and time is fleeting. And our hearts, though stout and brave,... | |
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