 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...sun-woven wing, And dimpled thy cheek like the roses of spring. MRS. OSOOOD. 26. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. HW LONGFELLOW. 27. A little nonsense, now and then, Is relish'd by the best of men. CHILDHOOD — YOUTH.... | |
 | Abiel Abbot LIVERMORE - 1847 - 172 pages
...by a distinguished American poet, ought to be familiar to all. It is entitled " The Psalm of Life ; what the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist." "Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life i8 but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And thjngs are not what they seem. " Life... | |
 | 1849 - 472 pages
...hath not. —St. Jerome. LIFE. TELL me not in mournful numbers, " Life is lui t an empty dream ; That the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not...its goal; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. And enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end and way; And to act that... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pages
...What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist. PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW. 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 art, to dust returuest! Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1908 - 678 pages
...and fourth lines of the first verse of Longfellow's ' Psalm of Life ' ?— Tell me not in mournful numbers Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. (a) Are lines 3 and 4 a continuation of the " mournful numbers," which the poet is about to controvert... | |
 | Hymns - 1849 - 478 pages
...serene and fixed in faith, 310. x 8 & 7s. M. LONGFELLOW. PSALM OF LIFE. 1 TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ; For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. 2 Life is real ! life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art. to dust returnest,... | |
 | Primitive Baptists - 1850 - 452 pages
...the Lord, forasmuch as we know that our labour is not in vain in the Lord. " Tell us 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 tho soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act that... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 604 pages
...beauty, besides inculcating a philosophy we may all study with advantage : — " A PSALM OF LIFE. " What the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist....that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. j " Life is real ! life is earnest, And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art. to dust returnest,... | |
 | Reed and Pardon - 1850 - 130 pages
...saim of lift. WHAT ТИК 11КЛПТ OF THE YOUNO MAN SAID TO THE I'SAUIIbT. 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 art, to dust retumest,'Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment,... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1850 - 292 pages
...syllables. BIVOUAC ; blv'oo-iVk ; required by the metre to be in three syllables. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the...slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is reaZ ! life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not... | |
| |
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, 
