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 perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart... Gleanings from the Poets for Home and School - Sida 2311858Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 sidor
...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,...departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,... | |
| 1840 - 424 sidor
...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,...departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 584 sidor
...to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. " Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stoiit and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating...departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 588 sidor
...our hearts, though stout and brave, 1840.] Longfellow's Voices of the Night. 267 Still, like mtffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. "...departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps, thai perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, ' A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1840 - 182 sidor
...! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its deaa\ ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within,...departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,./ A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,... | |
| George W. Burnap - 1841 - 288 sidor
...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 sidor
...fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marehes to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle,...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 - 512 sidor
...inculcates could not have been presented to the mind in a more enticing form. We quote but a portion : " Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead past...departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time. " Footsteps that perhaps another. Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A Ibrloru and shipwrecked brother,... | |
| 1842 - 610 sidor
...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... | |
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