 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, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums,...  Crown Jewels: Or Gems of Literature, Art and Music ; Being Choice Selections ... - Page 256edited by - 1888 - 632 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. SONG. 123 In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac...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. LONGFELLOW.... | |
 | Virginia De Forrest - Anthologies - 1860 - 368 pages
...the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb driven cattle, Be a hero in the strife ! A PSALM OF LIFE. 205 Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant, Let the dead Past...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. PEACE. LET... | |
 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the Strife I Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past...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. LOXGFEU.OW.... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 386 pages
...overhead ! 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,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor, and to wait." Glancing again critically at Longfellow's poems, we find that his genius is essentially... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 514 pages
...Present ! 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...; 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... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1861 - 316 pages
...shall be our own, Our lives, that angel-vision. BISHOP DOAHE. A PSALM OF LIFE. 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. LABOR. LONGFELLOW. PAUSE not to dream of the future before us : Pause not to weep the... | |
 | Christian lyrics - Christian poetry, English - 1861 - 240 pages
...Slip useless away ? T. Carlile. u 2 of Cif«. WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST. ELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty...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. Longfellow.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1861 - 396 pages
...grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle I Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er...; 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... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1861 - 320 pages
...hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! LABOR. 225 Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. LONGFELLOW. LABOR. PAUSE not to dream of the future before us : Pause not to weep the... | |
 | Lays - 1862 - 406 pages
...Thy praise, however poor : An angel's song can do no more. A PSALM OF LIFE. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the...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. HYMN TO THE... | |
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