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" 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... "
Century Readings for a Course in American Literature - Page 352
edited by - 1926 - 1081 pages
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Digital images - 1839 - 174 pages
...! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HURT OT THE YOUJTO Mil! >11D TO THE PIALWI9T. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...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 the soul. Not...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 10; Volume 28

Theology - 1840 - 424 pages
...if it can animate them with the same spirit that breathes through these lines of Mr. Longfellow. " A PSALM OF LIFE. " What the heart of the young man...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 the soul. " Not...
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The North American Review, Volume 50

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1840 - 588 pages
...how rare is it to find poetry to compare with this of the " Psalm of Life." "Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...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 the soul. " Not...
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The North American Review, Volume 50

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1840 - 584 pages
...how rare is it to find poetry to compare with this of the " Psalm of Life." "Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...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 the soul. " Not...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical Introduction

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...written for posterity." HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEART Or THE TOONO HAN SAID TO TH* PSALMIST. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is...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 the soul. Not...
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The Monthly Review

Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...first is, "What the Heart of the Young Man said to the Psalmist." Tell me not in mournful numbers, j Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that...not what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Wat not spoken of the soul. Not...
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...Night ! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEART OF THE TOUWG HAW SAID TO THE P9ALMI3T. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, "Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul...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 the soul. Not...
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Readings in American Poetry

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 278 pages
...TB1C HKAHT OF THE YOUNQ MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...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 the soul. 20...
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The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces ...

John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 440 pages
...is dark to thee, Then turn to the light of home. LESSON LXXXII. A PSALM OF LIFE. II. W. LONGFELLOW. WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST....that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. 5 Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest,"...
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The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces ...

John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...to the light of home. LESSON LXXXII.—A PSALM OF LIFE.—HW LONGFELLOW. WHAT THE HEART OF THE VOUNU MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST. Tell me not, in mournful...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. 5 Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest,"...
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