 | 1844 - 454 pages
...dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Fast bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present...and God o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footprints,... | |
 | 1878 - 380 pages
...sympathies would lead us to help any in trouble ; for if we do, our generous impulses may come too late. " Act — act in the living present, Heart within and God o'erhead. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time." HWP... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...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...and God o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps,... | |
 | 1840 - 424 pages
..." 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...God o'erhead ! " Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 584 pages
...to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. " Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stoiit and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating...God o'erhead ! " Lives of great men all remind us Iff. can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; "... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 588 pages
...our hearts, though stout and brave, 1840.] Longfellow's Voices of the Night. 267 Still, like mtffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. "...God o'erhead ! " Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1840 - 184 pages
...! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its deaa\ ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within,...and God o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps,... | |
 | 1840 - 426 pages
...hero in the strife. " Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant, Let the dead past bury its dead ! Actvact in the living Present ! Heart within and God o'erhead ! " Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; " Footsteps,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marehes to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle,...and GOD o'erhead ! 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,... | |
 | 1842 - 512 pages
...inculcates could not have been presented to the mind in a more enticing form. We quote but a portion : " Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead past...God o'erhead ! " Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time. " Footsteps... | |
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