 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 that Have Helped ... - Page 213by William Thomas Stead - 1897 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Washington Burnap - 1853 - 424 pages
...familiar to you all ; but they lose nothing by repetition : — " Tell me not, in mournful numbers, ' Life is but an empty dream ; ' For the soul is dead...they seem. • Life is real : life is earnest ; And the grave is not its goal : ' Dust tliou art, — to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. 2... | |
 | W H Cordeaux - 1853 - 118 pages
...Avon, in Warwickshire, 1564, and died 1616. THE PSALM OF LIFE. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul is dead...they seem. Life is real — life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal, f1) "Dust thou art, to dust returnest, " "Was not spoken of the soul. Not... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcomb - 1853 - 446 pages
...Jacob. fTo be continned.} • PLKASANT PAGES. A PSALM OF LIFE. TRLL me not, in aiournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream !" For the .soul is dead...slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real I Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge, Frederic Dan Huntington - 1853 - 674 pages
...the power of truth assaileth Every form of wrong. 730. 8 & 7s. M. 1 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. 2 Life is real ! life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest,... | |
 | Charles Brooks - 1853 - 378 pages
...work, We rest upon his arm. 52. 8&7s. M. LONGFELLOW. PSALM OF LIFE. 1 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. 2 Life is real ! life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest,... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - 1853 - 122 pages
...and cotton-wool in their ears. To these Longfellow writes : — " 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." To the heated speculator, busy with the rise and fall of funds, Life is the toss of a coin ; to the... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...presence of an Almighty God. TATLOH. LESSON XC. > A PSALM OF LIFE. 1. 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 Beem. 2. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its +goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest,... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1853 - 300 pages
...BIVOUAC ; blv'oo-ftk; required by the metre to be in three syllables 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 seern. Life is reaZ! life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest,"... | |
 | 1853 - 888 pages
...widely diffused amongst us ! " Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream, For the seal is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. " Life is real ! — life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dost thon art, to dust retumest, Was not spoken of the soul. "Not enjoyment... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...PSALMIST. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, "Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul is iJejid that slumbers, And things/ are not what they seem* Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the jgave_is not its goal ; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our... | |
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