 Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! — For the soul is dead that 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 spoken of...  The Gift Book of Gems - Sida 141856 - 312 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1848 - 684 sidor
...this and all other iniquity. 4 LIFE. ВТ WH LOHGFEblOW. ТЕЫ. me not in mournful numbers, " Lue is but an empty dream ! " For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things aie not what they seem. Life is real 1 life is earnest I And the grave is not its goal : " Dust thou... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 sidor
...What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist. PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...what they seem. 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,... | |
 | 1849 - 478 sidor
...serene and fixed in faith, 310. x 8 & 7s. M. LONGFELLOW. PSALM OF LIFE. 1 TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ; For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. 2 Life is real ! life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art. to dust returnest,... | |
 | 1908 - 678 sidor
...and fourth lines of the first verse of Longfellow's ' Psalm of Life ' ?— Tell me not in mournful numbers Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. (a) Are lines 3 and 4 a continuation of the " mournful numbers," which the poet is about to controvert... | |
 | 1849 - 472 sidor
...hath not. —St. Jerome. LIFE. TELL me not in mournful numbers, " Life is lui t an empty dream ; That the soul is dead that 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 spoken of the soul. And enjoyment,... | |
 | 430 sidor
...himself slipped, in unconsciously emulative haste : — THE PSALM OF LIFE. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream," For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things arc not what they seem. This is a grave, fine beginning, and it rises in force naturally : Life is... | |
 | 1887 - 700 sidor
...: — Tell me not in idle jingle Marriage is an empty dream ; For the girl is dead that 's single, And things are not what they seem. Life is real, life is earnest, Single blessedness a fib ; "Man thou art, to man returnest," Has been spoken of the rib. It occurs... | |
 | 1887 - 698 sidor
...begins :— Tell me not in idle jingle Marriage is an empty dream ; For the girl is dead that's single, And things are not what they seem. Life is real, life is earnest, Single blessedness a fib ; " Man thou art, to man returnest," Has been spoken of the rib. It occurs... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 sidor
...for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night ! 21 A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEART OF TEE TOON9 MAN BAID TO THE PSALMIST. TELL me not, in mournful numbers,...what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 sidor
...for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night ! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEABT OF THE TOUSG MA* SAID TO THE PSALMIST. TELL me not, in mournful numbers,...what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
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