 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
 | HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW - 1841 - 190 pages
...departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing 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, Learn to... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1842 - 506 pages
...departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of lime. " Footsteps that perhaps another, failing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. " Let us then, be up ami doing, With a heart for any late; Still achieving, still pursuing, Seem to... | |
 | Books - 1842 - 610 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 and... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...of great men all remind us 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 282 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 536 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 284 pages
...head! 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1844 - 574 pages
...acquiescence. " 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...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 live... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1844 - 330 pages
...all remind us We can make our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sand of time !— Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing...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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