 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. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day.  The Golden Gift: A Token for All Seasons - Page 28edited by - 1856 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 266 pages
...And yet a spirit, still and bright, With something of an Angel's. light ! WORDSWORTH. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act that each to-rnorrow, Finds us farther than to-day. LONGFELLOW. CONTENTS LIFE OF MARTHA WASHINGTON. CHAPTER I.... | |
 | Gems - 1851 - 206 pages
...seem. Life is real! life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returneth, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not...end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us further than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...real — Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal; " Dust thou art — to dust returnest" — Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment and not...destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...; " Dust thou art, to dust returuest " Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrowIs 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 are beating Funeral... | |
 | 1851 - 1220 pages
...the Psalm is deficient in every respect, and we cite a stanza in proof: — • . " Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to...that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day." The first line is as bad as it can be — not only bad taste, but bad grammar ; for we have two nouns... | |
 | James T. Siegel - Foreign Language Study - 1997 - 292 pages
...by quoting a verse of Longfellow. The verse, he writes, is "more or less like this": Not enjoyment and not sorrow, is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to day. (149) After telling her again he is sure she understands it, he says, "When I read your letters,... | |
 | Arnold Lewis - Architecture and society - 1997 - 384 pages
...record of the United States and of Chicago in these decades would have been different. Not enjoyment and not sorrow. Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day. Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act—act... | |
 | Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 580 pages
...empty dream For the girl is dead that's single And things are not what they seem . . . Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way But to act, that each tomorrow Nearer brings the wedding day. In the work of these women poets, region claims neither to represent... | |
 | Wanda H. Ball, Pam Brewer - Education - 2000 - 182 pages
...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 soul. Not enjoyment, and not...tomorrow Find us farther than today. Art is long, and Time is fleeting. And, our hearts, though stout and brave. Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...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 soul. Not enjoyment, and not...destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave,... | |
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