 | 1878 - 380 pages
...sympathies would lead us to help any in trouble ; for if we do, our generous impulses may come too late. " Act — act in the living present, Heart within and God o'erhead. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time." HWP... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1833 - 142 pages
...sins, for by God's grace even those sins are not irreparable — facing the uncertain future, letting the dead past bury its dead — Act, act in the living present — unshaken, unseduced, unterrified — still cheerful and serene, still rejoicing in hope, patient... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1839 - 630 pages
...star-lit gallery which conducted to Mejnour's apartment. To le Continued. " Trust no Future, howc'er pleasant, Let the Dead Past, bury its dead ! Act ! Act ! in the glorious Present, Heart within, and God o'er head."—LONGFEU.OW. From (A* DuHin University Magazine.... | |
 | 1840 - 424 pages
...field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife. " Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant, Let the dead past bury its dead ! Actvact in the living Present ! Heart within and God o'erhead ! " Lives of great men all remind us... | |
 | George W. Burnap - 1841 - 288 pages
...firmness, patience, and humanity to take our share in the good or ill of all. It should ever be our motto, "Trust no future howe'er pleasant, Let the dead past...Act, act in the living present, Heart within and God o'er head." LECTURE VI. ON THE MORAL USES OF POETRY. I HAVE been detained much longer than I anticipated... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past...and GOD o'erhead ! 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,... | |
 | 1842 - 610 pages
...like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the (lead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present...and GoD o'erhead ! 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... | |
 | 1842 - 818 pages
...drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead-past bury its dead! Act — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and God o'erhead !" We only wish that our space permitted us to gi»e th'e whole ; since it is one of the richest legacies... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past...departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of tune ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked... | |
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Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ; Let the dead past bury its dead ; Act, act in the living present, Heart within, and God o'erhead. 
