 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...of Life. LONGFELLOW. What the Heart of the young Man said to the Psalmist. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...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,"... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 396 pages
...of the earth. — Wirt. 723. LIFE IS REAL. Tel! me not — :n mournful number», Life — is but nn 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 Ihou an, to dust returneet,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...outward nature, for a harmony agreeing with it; but not before. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, L\fe— 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 thegrare—is not its goal; Dust thou art,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1846 - 756 pages
...LIFE. What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist.— HW Longfellow. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ;" For the soul...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,"... | |
 | Mary Chauncey - American poetry - 1846 - 148 pages
...very pretty, •ndpOsMMing valuable medicinal qualities. ENEBOY IN ADVEKSITT. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream, For the soul...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 reiurnest—... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...like a falling star ! Excelsior ! A PSALM OF LIFE. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real — life is earnest— And the grave is not its goal, I ust thou art, to dust returnest,... | |
 | Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 228 pages
...and fragrant gardens of the South. A PSALM OF LIFE. BY HENRY W. LON8FBLLOW. Tell "me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul...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,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...incorruptible. Would they could have stayed with us. A PSALM OF LIFE. — Longfellow. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the...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,"... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...acknowledge thy omnipotence. i,ESSON XXXIII. A Psalm of Life, — HW LONGFELLOW, TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ; For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real — life is earnest, But the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art — to dust returnest,"... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...sun-woven wing, And dimpled thy cheek like the roses of spring. MRS. OSOOOD. 26. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. HW LONGFELLOW. 27. A little nonsense, now and then, Is relish'd by the best of men. CHILDHOOD — YOUTH.... | |
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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... 
