 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1838 - 564 psl.
...Welcome, friend.' WHIT TНs HEART OГ THE Y OU NO MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST. TKLL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. n. Life is real — life is earnest — And the grave is not its goal : Dust thou art, to dust returnee!,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1840 - 182 psl.
...thrice-prayed for! the most fair! The best-beloved Night ! A PSALM OF LIFE. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. L;fe is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest,... | |
 | 1842 - 818 psl.
...exalfing ; where can a nobler philosophy be found than that contained in the " Psalm of Life," or " what the heart of the young man said to the Psalmist !" " Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an idle dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers ; And things are not What they seem. Life... | |
 | 1842 - 610 psl.
...Longfellow ; and have a manly sterling spirit in the sentiment as well as in the expression. The 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 slumbers, And things are not what they seem.... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 psl.
...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,"... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 psl.
...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,"... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 psl.
...stay in Bostown this night — I know !" A PSALM OF LIFE. BY HW LONOFELLOW. TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul...slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Lile is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken... | |
 | Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - 1844 - 338 psl.
...sentiments, while her lips murmured the words of the beautiful " Psalm of Life : " " Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ; For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, . la our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 psl.
...LIFE. — HW LONGFELLOW, WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE FSALJUiT. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream !" For the soul...that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. 6 Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal; " Dust thou art, to dust returnest,"... | |
 | 1850 - 642 psl.
...poetry we would choose the strongest piece which we have been able to find in his collections — The Psalm of Life, What the Heart of the Young Man said to the Psalmist. It is very evident that these verses, full of good intentions, courageous, stoical even, have been... | |
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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 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. 
