 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, are...  The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow ... - Page 100edited by - 1905 - 713 pagesFull view - About this book
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.New Series.VOL.V - 1844 - 440 pages
...LONGFELLOW. LIFE is real ! Life is earnest ! I And the grave is not its goal ; "Dust thou art, to duet returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment...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... | |
 | T. WARD AMD CO. - 1844 - 444 pages
...enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds us further than to-day. Art is long, and time is fleeting, And...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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...returnest, Was not written — of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end, and way, 39 But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther—...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero— in the strife ! Trust not future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past — bury its dead ' Act! — act in the living... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But 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! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act,— act in the living Present!... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...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...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! 232 BERMUDAS. Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1846 - 308 pages
...Life is real — life is earnest — And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returuest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not...like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust uo Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act — act in the living Present!... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 pages
...soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow. Is our destined end or way ; But 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! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act—act in the glorious Present!... | |
 | Abiel Abbot LIVERMORE - 1847 - 172 pages
...slumbers, And thjngs 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...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... | |
 | Josiah Moody Fletcher - 1847 - 148 pages
...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...grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the biyouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no future, howe'er... | |
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