 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...  Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page xviiiby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 417 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...divided us, and thereby made us slaves." — Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers. 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,... | |
 | 1852 - 616 pages
...remember rightly, by Tennyson, or even, except for ridicule, by Wordsworth. " Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. " Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destin'd end or way ; But to act that each to-morrow Find us further than to-day.... | |
 | 1852 - 588 pages
...miraculous power, by which God gives evidence to this day of the divine mission of Christ." A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE...what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its gonl: " Bust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
 | Cottage verse, Joseph Jones - 1852 - 296 pages
...thousands are dashed in the tide. Sound the loud timbrel &c. 234. Human Life. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...not its goal : Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken to the soul. • Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...HAN SAID TO TEX MttlOR Tin me not, in mournful numbers, Life is bat an empty dream ! For the suol U dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem....returnest, 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.... | |
 | Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 pages
...mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not as they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the...returnest," 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 further than to-day.... | |
 | 1853 - 442 pages
...them, is, to point to Ceylon, to the plains of Travancore, and to the garden of Shiraz. SARGENT. 231 of life. What the heart of the young man said to the...returnest, 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.... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pages
...: A thought ungentle canna be The thought o' Mary Morison. BURNS. fsalm 0f fife. WHAT THE HEART OP THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST. TELL me not, in...returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds us farther than... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 504 pages
...for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night ! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HE.UIT OF THE TOUKG MA» (AID TO THE PSALMIST. TELL me not, in mournful numbers,...returnest," 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.... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - 412 pages
...^ $0nlm of lift. What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist. 1 1 TELL me not in mournful numbers, \ Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...returnest, 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.... | |
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