 are beating Funeral marches to the grave. ***** " 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...  The Living Authors of America: 1st ser - Page 163by Thomas Powell - 1850 - 365 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American literature - 1847 - 454 pages
...o'erhead! 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 shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us then, be up... | |
 | Home life - 1848 - 186 pages
...leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time : D a ' " ' Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o*er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother. Seeing, shall take heart again.' " To live only to gratify self is surely inconsistent with our responsibilities as rational beings,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1848 - 584 pages
...great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprint« 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... | |
 | American poetry - 1849 - 274 pages
...of great men all remind ug We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another,...shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to... | |
 | John Hill Burton - Economics - 1849 - 358 pages
...departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time: Footprints, that perhaps another, Hailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother. Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, . With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing j Lcurn... | |
 | Primitive Baptists - 1849 - 422 pages
...from them hearty and persevering activity. 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 talce heart agaiu. ** Let us then be up... | |
 | Hymns - 1849 - 478 pages
...departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time; 6 Footprints which perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. s Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...Present ! 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...shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...o'erhead ! 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...shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a reaper,... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - Women missionaries - 1850 - 380 pages
...o'erhead! 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...shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to... | |
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