 And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no Future, howe'er...  American Poetry - Page 367by Percy Holmes Boynton - 1918 - 721 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past...Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing,... | |
 | 1842 - 610 pages
...like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the (lead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present...Footprints that perhaps another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 pages
...field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past...that perhaps another, . Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pages
...Rushing down to fight the hig rate. To o'erwhelm the akulklng wharf-raU." ONGFELLOW. Let the'clead'' Fas? bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present...Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 pages
...to the grave. Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'cr pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, —...Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 pages
...a hero in the strife ! PSALM OF LIFE. Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past buryits dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart...Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing,... | |
 | 1844 - 504 pages
...strife. Trust no future howc'er pleasant, Let the dead past bury its dead Act, act, in the glorious present, Heart within and God o'erhead. Lives of great...Footprints that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother Seeing may take heart again." Beautiful as are these extracts,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past...Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. . Let us, then, be up and... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pages
...pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present ! Heart within, and Goi, o'erhead! Lives of great men all remind us We can...Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, then, be up and doing,... | |
 | 1883 - 500 pages
...poet, only recently deceased, telling us how to live so as to effect the most good in the world. " Act, act in the living present, Heart within and GOD...Footprints that perhaps another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, may take heart again. Let us then be up and doing... | |
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