| John Goldsbury, William Russell - American literature - 1844 - 444 pages
...to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting; Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral inarches to the grave. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, 5 Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant '.... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1844 - 136 pages
...hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, arc beating Funeral marches 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, — act in the living Present! Heart within,... | |
| Universalism - 1845 - 444 pages
...because she adopts for her characters, the rule that has been so earnestly expressed by our best poet ; "Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant, Let the dead Past bury its dead ; Act, — act, in the living Present, Heart within, and God o'erhead ;" and because she delights in... | |
| William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. In the world's broad...howe'er pleasant ! Let the dead Past bury its dead ! Act, — act in the living Present! Heart within, and GOD o'erhead ! Lives of great men all remind... | |
| C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches— to the grave. In the world's broad...driven cattle ! Be a hero— in the strife ! Trust not future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past — bury its dead ' Act! — act in the living present!... | |
| George Jacob Holyoake - Rationalism - 1845 - 56 pages
...find themselves thrown into a crowd of incentives, and still the admonition of the poet is potent — In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac...like dumb driven cattle, Be a hero in the strife.* It is an important distinction to make that man is not the slave but the subject of circumstances.... | |
| C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 396 pages
...und time is fleeting, Anil our hearts, though stout and bnivi. Still, like mutlled drums, are beating Funeral marches — to the grave. In the world's broad...battle-, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven entile ! Be a hero — in the strife! Trust not future, howc'er pleasant! I.ei the dead past — bury... | |
| George Jacob Holyoake - Rationalism - 1845 - 66 pages
...find themselves thrown into a crowd of incentives, and still the admonition of the poet is potent— In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life. Be not like dumb driven cattle, Be * hero in the strife.* It is an important distinction to make that man is not the slave but the subject... | |
| Charles P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 438 pages
...drums, arc beating Funeral шагсЬеа— to ihe grave. In the world'« broad field of battle, III the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero — in the atrife ! Trust not future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead pa« — bury ill dead1 Act! — act in the... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1845 - 538 pages
...and Time is fleeting. 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 Viivouae of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er... | |
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