 | 1849 - 472 pages
...soul. And enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end and way; And to act that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day. Art is long and time is fleeting,...like dumb driven cattle,— Be a hero in the strife ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footsteps... | |
 | John Hill Burton - Economics - 1849 - 358 pages
...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...not like dumb driven cattle, Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ; Let the dead past bury its dead ; Act, act in the living present,... | |
 | 1854 - 672 pages
...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...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act — act in the living Present... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pages
...like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. And our hearts, though stout and brave, In the world's broad, field of battle, In the bivouac...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act,—act in the living present! Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1850 - 292 pages
...Life is reaZ ! 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...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; StilZ achieving, still pursuing, Learn... | |
 | Daniel C. Eddy - 1850 - 396 pages
...Life 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...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! "Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead ! Act — act in the living present... | |
 | Garland - 1850 - 152 pages
...Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; ' Dust thou art, to dust retuinest,' Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not...like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act,—act in the living Present!... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...Life 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...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living... | |
 | Reed and Pardon - 1850 - 130 pages
...to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout und brave, Still, like mulHed drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In...like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act — act in the living Present!... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 604 pages
...fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still like i' hi,led drums are beating Funeral-marches to the grave. " In the world's broad field of battle,...like dumb driven cattle : Be a hero in the strife. " Trust no future, however pleasant ; Let the dead Fast bury its dead ; Act — act, in the living... | |
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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. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in... 
