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, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart... The Republic - Page 1091851Full view - About this book
| Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints that perhaps 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 for... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 278 pages
...all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps 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... | |
| The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.New Series.VOL.V - 1844 - 440 pages
...all remind us ЛУe can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE CIRCASSIAN... | |
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - American literature - 1844 - 444 pages
...We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; 15 Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, 20 With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. LESSON... | |
| T. WARD AMD CO. - 1844 - 444 pages
...make 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,...shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. A MOTHER'S... | |
| Periodicals - 1844 - 288 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,...shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour, and to wait, — LONOFZLLOW.... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1844 - 574 pages
...We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. V " Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's...shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again." This is very different from saying, that, if we follow the example of the great and good, we shall... | |
| Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of Time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipureck'd brother, Seeing, may take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps 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... | |
| American literature - 1844 - 504 pages
...all remind us We may make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time. Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother Seeing may take heart again." Beautiful as are these extracts, they are selected... | |
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