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" 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. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums,... "
Crown Jewels: Or Gems of Literature, Art and Music ; Being Choice Selections ... - Page 256
edited by - 1888 - 632 pages
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Digital images - 1839 - 174 pages
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...
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The North American Review, Volume 50

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1840 - 588 pages
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps, thai perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait." — pp. 5-7. Or that exquisite and tender poem, the "Footsteps of Angels." "When the...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 10; Volume 28

Theology - 1840 - 424 pages
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait." It would not be easy to find a " strain in a higher mood " than this ; it is equally...
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1843 - 570 pages
...of great men all remind us "We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of tune ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...
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The District School Reader, Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking: Designed ...

William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting,...fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. LESSON LXII. EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION. Kerb, verb, curb, curb'd, curb'dst; berbs, verbs,...
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The Poets and Poetry of America

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1845 - 538 pages
...pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and Goi, o'erhead! Lives of great men all remind us We can...another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart...
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Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute ..., Volume 16

American Institute of Instruction - Education - 1846 - 332 pages
...our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait." LECTURE III. ON THE BEAU IDEAL OF THE PERFECT TEACHER. BY DENISON OLMSTED, LL.D. PROFESSOR...
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Voices of the True-hearted

American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time. Footsteps, that perhaps another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where...
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The Pioneer: Or, Leaves from an Editor's Portfolio

Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 238 pages
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time. Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. A HARMLESS SOLDIERY. The good people of Nantucket never had the military disease but once,...
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