 Art is long and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.  Voices of the Dead - Page 123by John Cumming - 1854 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1844 - 136 pages
...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, arc beating Funeral marches to the grave. Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife... | |
 | Preaching - 1848 - 658 pages
...as their guide to heaven, and now the hundred thousand have become a million. "Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave,...drums, are beating, Funeral marches to the grave. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving— still pursuing— THE EFFECTIVE... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...end, and way, 39 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,...drums, are beating Funeral marches— to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1845 - 538 pages
...destined end or way"; But to act. that ench to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Art is Inng. and Time is fleeting. And our hearts, though stout and brave,...muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the Viivouae of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow ^ Finds us farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave,...muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ; Be... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - United States - 1845 - 374 pages
...that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our heartt, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. Lives of great men all remind us, We may make our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us,... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...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,...muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be... | |
 | Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 228 pages
...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 our hearts, though stout and brave,...muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a... | |
 | Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 276 pages
...dome of many-colored glass, Stains the white radiance of eternity. — Shelley. Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave,...muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. — Longfell<nof A better prize There is for man, a glory of this world Well worth the labor of the... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...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,...muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be... | |
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