 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 shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take...  Handy-book of Literary Curiosities - Page 711by William S. Walsh - 1909 - 1104 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American literature - 1844 - 504 pages
...o'erhead. Lives of great men all remind us We may make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time. Footprints that...another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother Seeing may take heart again." Beautiful as are these extracts, they are selected... | |
 | T. WARD AMD CO. - 1844 - 444 pages
...make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time : Footsteps that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...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... | |
 | Periodicals - 1844 - 288 pages
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...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 labour,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 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,...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... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - United States - 1845 - 374 pages
...remind us, We may make our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us, Foot-prints on the sands tif time. Foot-prints, that perhaps another Sailing o'er...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... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - History - 1845 - 328 pages
...beating Funeral marches to the grave. Lives of great men all remind us, We may make our lives sublime; Foot-prints, that perhaps another Sailing o'er life's...shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us then, he up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - Hymns, English - 1845 - 124 pages
...our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps that, perhaps, another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...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... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind vis Footsteps on the sands of time. Footsteps, that perhaps another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A...shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Stil achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - Education - 1846 - 332 pages
...our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...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 Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 238 pages
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time. Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...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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