 | American Philosophical Society - 1884 - 756 psl.
...that I gave him at the time a copy of them, which will probably some day be found among his papers : I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty, I woke, and found that life was duly ; Was thy dream then a shadowy lie ? Toil on, worn heart, unceasingly, And thou shalt find that... | |
 | Daily steps - 1884 - 426 psl.
...me enjoy but Thee, what further crave I ? And having Thee alone, what have I not ? FRANCIS QUARLBS. SLEPT, and dreamed that life was beauty ; I woke, — and found that life was duty. DISCIPLES' HYIIN-BOOK. Thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord. DEUT. vi.... | |
 | Michelangelo Buonarroti - 1885 - 218 psl.
...son una cosa." The readers of the " Dial " will be reminded of Mrs. Hooper's beautiful lines : — " I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty ; I woke, and found that life was Duty." EPITAPHS. — We know little else of the young man whose premature death inspired these beautiful poems... | |
 | 1901 - 398 psl.
...affectionate daughter, "NATAUE." As she sealed the letter, the words of an old distich came to her mind : " I slept and dreamed that life was beauty. I woke and found that life was duty. " Natalie's life was henceforth duty ; but it was also beauty, inasmuch as she everywhere scattered... | |
 | 1895 - 752 psl.
...dies as happily as he has lived. " I slept and dreamed that lifet was L650] Beauty : I woke aiul tound that life was Duty. Was thy dream, then, a shadowy lie ? Toil un, puor heart, unceasingly ; And thou shall find iGTSJ thy dream to be A truth and noonday li^ht to... | |
 | Thomas Hunter - 1884 - 670 psl.
...agree. 39. We are such stuff As dreams are made on ; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. 40. I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty ; I woke, and found that life was Duty : — Was my dream then a shadowy lie ? 41. 'Tis education forms the common' mind, Just as the twig is bent,... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1886 - 204 psl.
...sin uncloak, what stricter rule command, And girding me to work His full behest / BEAUTY AND DUTY. T SLEPT, and dreamed that life was beauty ; •*• I woke, — and found that life was duty. Was my dream, then, a shadowy lie ? Toil on, sad heart, courageously ; And thou shalt find thy dream shall... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1973 - 740 psl.
...urge that it was my duty to be here. I remember a slogan, going back to my boyhood days, which said, "I slept and dreamed that life was beauty. I woke and found that life cas duty." I am here today only becaus duty to be here. kl am here, second, because it seems to me... | |
 | Louisa May Alcott - 1988 - 520 psl.
...lying on the table beside her among other scraps in manuscript and print, the well-known lines:— "I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke,...thy dream to be A noonday light and truth to thee.:' She knew them at a glance, had read them many times, but now they came home to her with sudden force,... | |
 | Vera Brittain - 1994 - 676 psl.
...fellow-sufferers greatly by saying ' Damn this War ! ' out loud. The person who said / slept, and dreamt that life was beauty ; I woke, and found that life was duty, was painfully appropriate on this occasion. " All this morning I have been seeing in my mind Heather Cliff,... | |
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I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was duty. Was thy dream then a shadowy lie? Toil on, sad heart, courageously, And thou shalt find thy dream to be A noonday light and truth to thee... 
