| 1849 - Počet stránok 472
...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...its goal; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. And enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end and way; And to act that... | |
| 1908 - Počet stránok 678
...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 - Počet stránok 478
...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,... | |
| Počet stránok 430
...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... | |
| 1850 - Počet stránok 452
...the Lord, forasmuch as we know that our labour is not in vain in the Lord. " Tell us 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 of tho soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act that... | |
| Reed and Pardon - 1850 - Počet stránok 130
...saim of lift. WHAT ТИК 11КЛПТ OF THE YOUNO MAN SAID TO THE I'SAUIIbT. 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 retumest,'Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - Počet stránok 292
...syllables. BIVOUAC ; blv'oo-iVk ; required by the metre to be in three syllables. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the...slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is reaZ ! life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not... | |
| Garland - 1850 - Počet stránok 152
...of sin and sorrow, Would bring thee nigh. Tell me not in mournful numbers ' Life is but a troubled dream,' For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things...what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; ' Dust thou art, to dust retuinest,' Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
| 1850 - Počet stránok 604
...A PSALM OF LIFE. " What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist. " Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ; For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. j " Life is real ! life is earnest, And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art. to dust returnest,... | |
| William Adams - 1850 - Počet stránok 392
...blasphemous flippancy upon a tomb ! How much loftier and truer are the lines of our great American poet, Longfellow: " Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream, For the soul is dead flint slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life u real! life is earnest! And the Grave is not... | |
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