 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...  Hymns and Anthems - Page lxxiiby William Johnson Fox - 1845 - 107 pagesFull view - About this book
 | S. Herbert Lancey - American literature - 1854 - 338 pages
...LONGFELLOW. A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEAKT OF THE YOUNG MAN SATO TO THE PSALMIST. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, ' Life is but an empty dream ! ' For the...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... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...incorruptible. Would they could have stayed with us ! A PSALM OF LIFE. — Lamgfellaw. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...pilgrimage I fare, Eesolved to find and praise Him everywhere. J. Gostick. 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 of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way, But to act, that... | |
 | Clayton Gingerich - Education - 2002 - 234 pages
...life purpose and meaning. I quote the first three verses. "A Psalm Of Life" Tell me not in mournful, numbers, Life is but an empty dream!— For the soul...what they seem Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou are to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment... | |
 | Albert Joseph Mary Shamon - Humor - 2003 - 124 pages
...boy. "We are certainly in the middle of a great depression." A Psalm of Life Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul...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... | |
 | Robert A. Laidlaw - Apologetics - 1970 - 32 pages
...crumbled to dust. The soul is of infinite value. Longfellow expressed it this way: 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, Was not spoken of the soul. Indeed it was not, for in Mark 8:36 our Lord Himself asks, "What shall it profit... | |
 | Art E. Christmas - Bereavement - 2003 - 106 pages
...Wadsworth Longfellow takes sides with Jesus in his poem, "Psalm of Life". "Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! — For the soul...not its goal. Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul." (One Hundred and One Famous Poems, p. 123) SHARING YOUR GRIEF I once asked... | |
 | Joseph M. Alicea - Family & Relationships - 2003 - 222 pages
...might-have-been has never been, but a has was once an are." Milton Berle "Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul...not its goal; Dust thou art; to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Chapter Twelve A Tribute to My Heroes I believe... | |
 | Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, Thomas Travisano - Literary Collections - 2003 - 770 pages
...Psalm of Life WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST Tell me not, in mournful numbers,1 Life is but an empty dream! — For the soul is dead...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... | |
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