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... The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Sida 1361844Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| 1849 - 478 sidor
...lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; 5 Footprints which perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. 6 Let us, then, be up and doing, 311. • CM * WATTS. THE SOLDIER OF THE CROSS. « 1 AM I a soldier... | |
| William Bourn Oliver Peabody, Oliver William Bourn Peabody - 1849 - 416 sidor
...parting leave behind you Footsteps on the shores of time, Footsteps, which perhaps another Voyager o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again." For whoever leads a life of charity serves God, not only by these acts, and smiles, and expressions... | |
| William Bourn Oliver Peabody - 1849 - 416 sidor
...parting leave behind you Footsteps on the shores of time, Footsteps, which perhaps another Voyager o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again." For whoever leads a life of charity serves God, not only by these acts, and smiles, and expressions... | |
| Garland - 1850 - 152 sidor
...Past bury its dead! Act,—act in the living Present! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing leave behind us, Footsteps...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. LONGFELLOW. ' Thy will be done !' In devious way The hurrying dream of life may run, Yet still our... | |
| Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1850 - 380 sidor
...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,...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait." Her soul was feelingly alive to the charms of music, and that delightful science she made a study.... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1850 - 448 sidor
...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...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait." Glancing again critically at Longfellow's poems, we find that his genius is essentially lyrical. Neither... | |
| 1853 - 386 sidor
...our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of timeFootprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. HOW ALICE HUNTINGFIELD WAS LOST AND WON. BY MRS. WHITE. " There is an old notion of fatality about... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 sidor
...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,...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1850 - 396 sidor
...of great men all remind us We can moke our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time, — Footprints, that perhaps...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor, and to wait." Glancing... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 sidor
...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,...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. 8 THE REAPER... | |
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