 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 Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 78by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...PSALMIST. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, "Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul is iJejid that slumbers, And things/ are not what they seem* Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the jgave_is not its goal ; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 594 pages
...imperial and sublime compared with the farce of thy self-deluded career. Awake, thou that sleepest — " For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem." And thou, O weary and faltering seeker after a true life ! lift up thy head ; the heights before thee... | |
 | Edward Rupert Humphreys - 1854 - 486 pages
...nor shall ever return again. EXERCISE II. " A Psalm of Life," by LONGFELLOW. Tell me not in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream," For the soul...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, that... | |
 | James Henry Powell - 1854 - 152 pages
...the aoul, he commences with the following lines :— "THE PSALM OF LIFE." " Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, 112 " Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act. that each to-morrow Find... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 504 pages
...most fair, The best-beloved Night ! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THS HE1RT OT -. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the...what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; "Dust tliou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...Ear'nest, adj, Goal, n. Fleet'ing, part. Biv'ou-ac, n. Main, n. For-lorn', adj. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream !" For the soul...not what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest I And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest" Was not spoken of the soul. Not... | |
 | 1854 - 690 pages
...And peaceful is his end. 8 & 7s. M. 444 . LONGFELLOW. " Life is earnest." i TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ; For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. 311 2 Life is real ! life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest,... | |
 | 1854 - 794 pages
...mournful numbers, Be not like dumb, driven cattle, Life is but an empty dream; Be a hero in the strife. For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Trust not future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead past bury its dead; Life is real ! Life is earnest... | |
 | 1855 - 892 pages
...for duly estimating the proofs that the Gospel is in truth a divine message." A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST. TELL me not, in...what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not the goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not epoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 502 pages
...A PSALM OF LIFE. »HAT THX HEART OF THE TOUKG MAS SAID TO THE MALMIIT. ^i. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, "Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul...not its goal; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way j But to act, that each to-morrow Find us... | |
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