 lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprint« on the sands of time ; 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, With...  The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical Introduction - Page 335by Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1848 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cooke Taylor - Civilization - 1840 - 372 pages
...discovery. To use the illustration of an American poet, he has been anxious to leave " foot-prints on the sands of time"— Foot-prints, that perhaps another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. In the discussion of... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 pages
...discovt-ry. To use the illustration of an American poet, he has been anxious to leave " foot-prints on the sands of time"— Foot-prints, that perhaps another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. In the discussion of... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - Civilization - 1841 - 346 pages
...future discovery. To use the illustration of an American poet, he has been anxious to leave " footprints on the sands of time"— Foot-prints, that perhaps another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, •, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. In the discussion... | |
 | Books - 1842 - 610 pages
...of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints that perhaps another...shall take heart again. Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for any fate : Still acheiving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. The Village... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 284 pages
...of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another,...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. SPRING IN NEW ENGLAND. BY CARLOS WILCOX. LONB swoln in drenching rain, seeds, germs, and buds Start... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 282 pages
...of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another,...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. SPRING IN NEW ENGLAND. BY CARLOS WILCOX. Long swoln in drenching rain, seeds, germs, and buds Start... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another,...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. fjinnn. TERNAL Father! God of peace! Being whose bounties never cease! While to the Heavens, in grateful... | |
 | American literature - 1844 - 504 pages
...of great men all remind us We may make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time. Footprints that perhaps another,...solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother Seeing may take heart again." Beautiful as are these extracts, they are selected to illustrate the quickening,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1844 - 492 pages
...departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; 8. Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. 9. Let us, then, be up and doing, Still achieving, still pursuing, With a heart for any fate ; Learn... | |
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