 | Mrs. L. G. Abell - 1850 - 462 pages
...grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act. that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day. Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave,... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1850 - 266 pages
...And yet a spirit, still and bright, With something of an Angel's. light ! WORDSWORTH. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act that each to-rnorrow, Finds us farther than to-day. LONGFELLOW. CONTENTS LIFE OF MARTHA WASHINGTON. CHAPTER I.... | |
 | J. D. Bell - Conduct of life - 1850 - 486 pages
...celebrating victories than he is in winning them. " Not enjoyment, and not sorrow Is our destined end and way; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us further than to-day." Even classic leisure — the otium cum dignitate . — is a complete illusion, so far as it is time... | |
 | Gems - 1851 - 206 pages
...grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returneth, Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to...act, that each to-morrow Find us further than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like niuflled drums,... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - American literature - 1851 - 504 pages
...is not its goal. 'Dust thon art, to dust returnast,' Was not spoken of the soul. (l " V'1 enjoyment, and not sorrow,/ Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than !o ,|.. v : " Let us, then, be up and doing, f With a heart for any late ; J Still achieving,... | |
 | 1851 - 1220 pages
...the Psalm is deficient in every respect, and we cite a stanza in proof: — • . " Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day." The first line is as bad as it can be — not only bad taste, but bad grammar... | |
 | Periodicals - 1851 - 724 pages
...whereas, the Psalm is deficient in every respect, and we cite a stanza in proof: — " Ло< enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find un farther than to-day." The first line is as bad as it can be — not only bad • ta^te, but bad... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...not its goal; " Dust thou art — to dust returnest" — Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...; " Dust thou art, to dust returuest " Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrowIs our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still,... | |
 | Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 pages
...grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way ; But to...act that each to-morrow Find us further than to-day. Trust no future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead past bury its dead ! Act, act in the living present... | |
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Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest, 
