Life is real! life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
-- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882)
-- A Psalm of Life
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
-- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882)
-- A Psalm of Life
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- Art is long, and time is fleeting,
And our hearts,
though stout and brave, Still like muffled drums are... - 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. -- Henry W. Longfellow... - Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Pablo... - O thou child of many prayers!
Life hath quicksands;
life hath snares! -- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882)... - Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act, act in the living present! Heart within, and... - Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour... - Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Berthold... - The prayer of Ajax was for light.
-- Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882)
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The Goblet of... - Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the...
