 | Daniel Denison Whedon - Baccalaureate addresses - 1852 - 182 pages
...moment of life we must be upon the alert; for well hath the poet sung, that " Our hearts, though strong and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave." 9* And that grand array of your predecessors, yourselves, and your successors, whose interminable procession... | |
 | James Smith - Art - 1853 - 448 pages
...be reminded of the moral of these concluding pages ? It has been already spoken by a true poet : — "ART is LONG, AND TIME is FLEETING, And our hearts...drums, are beating, Funeral marches to the grave." APPENDIX. (A.) " At twelve," says Allan Cunningham, " Gainsborough was a confirmed painter. The sketches... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - Literature - 1853 - 412 pages
...not sorrow Is our destined end or way ; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts,...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... | |
 | Eric L. Haralson, John Hollander - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 598 pages
...life is worth living, although he seems to have forgotten why. Indeed, in stanza four he admits that "our hearts, though stout and brave, / Still, like...drums, are beating / Funeral marches to the grave." Stanza seven reports that "We can make our lives sublime, / And, departing, leave behind us / Footprints... | |
 | Robert Davidson - Religion - 1998 - 500 pages
...banish such thoughts (cf. 73:3-12). Longfellow in his "Psalm of Life" echoes what troubles the psalmist: "Time is fleeting. And our hearts, though stout and brave, still like muffled dreams are beating funeral marches to the grave." 7-11 The psalmist, accepting that the verdict on... | |
 | Claire M. Tylee, Elaine Turner, Agnes Cardinal - Drama - 1999 - 242 pages
...EDIE I won't he long, Mr Perkins. (EDIE hohhles out from, shading her eyes.l EDIE (reciting againl Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and hrave, Still like muffled drums, are heating Funeral marches to the grave. (She moves hackstage, and... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds us farther than to-day Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts,...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... | |
 | Wanda H. Ball, Pam Brewer - Education - 2000 - 182 pages
...not sorrow. Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today. Art is long, and Time is fleeting. And, our hearts,...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... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Ollive Mabbott, Eleanor D. Kewer - Fiction - 2000 - 768 pages
...I had made an opening sufficient for my head, Ic put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, Motto: Art is long and Time is fleeting, And our hearts,...muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. Longfellow. (A) a but (B, C) comma added from A c I first (A) b . . . b He had the eye (A, B) so that... | |
 | William Cathcart - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 516 pages
...earnest! And the grave is not it's goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts,...muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime. And departing, leave behind us Footprints... | |
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Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. 
